Accession No
1948.1632 A-B
Description
A catch-piece and one other piece from one or more pairs of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps. (A) is a catch-piece, decorated with repoussé dot ornament; two sewing holes towards rear edge; most of the slot and one edge missing. (B) is fragmentary; decorated with repoussé dot ornament; two sewing holes towards rear edge. Both corroded.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Linton; ?Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1632 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Two halves of two pairs of wrist clasps. Sheet bronze with repousse dot ornament
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115
Event Date 1854
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
?Linton Heath barrow.
Not mentioned in the report in Archaeological Journal 1854
Event Date 1854
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Two halves of two pairs of wrist clasps.'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
A catch-piece and one other piece from one or more pairs of sheet copper alloy wrist clasps. (A) is a catch-piece, decorated with repoussé dot ornament; two sewing holes towards rear edge; most of the slot and one edge missing. (B) is fragmentary; decorated with repoussé dot ornament; two sewing holes towards rear edge. Both corroded.
Event Date 6/1/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15968
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