Accession No

Z 11499; 1883.737


Description

Crucifix figure with blue glass eyes (only one remains), crowned. One arm lost, the other damaged; Damaged.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wisbech


Period

Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 11499; 1883.737; MAA: Z 11499; 1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Date: 11 Century AD; 12 Century AD -
'Old label stuck on back reads "Found near Wisbech p.93.n75. Pr. by W.E.Litchfield."
Event Date 24/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Crucifix figure with blue glass eyes (only one remains), crowned. One arm lost, the other damaged; Damaged.
Event Date 24/4/1987
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Donated to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society by W.E. Litchfield in 1846-1847. Described in the 1847 CAS Report as: 'Figure from a Crucifix, in bronze; found near Wisbeach [sic].'
Event Date 15/6/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
This object (Z 11499) was tentatively identified as being one-and-the-same as 1883.737. Based on the label affixed to the figure (described above), they are indeed the same object and their records have therefore been amalgamated.
Event Date 15/6/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (CMS Description)
Copper enamel crucifix figure.
Event Date 15/6/2013
Author: maa


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