Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked with the incorrect accession number '1897.229' in white ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Analysis)
Santon Hoard. Originally thought to have been found at Santon Downham, Suffolk but research by Rainbird Clarke quoted by Spratling shows it was found in the parish of Santon, on breckland close to the Thetford boundary, between the east end of the former Half-Moon Plantation and the site of St Helen' s Oratory (TL52 837873).
Research by Mansel Spratling. Spratling reference number MGS 8.

Event Date
Author: maa

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'MGS (8)' in white ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Metal-worker's tongs.
Event Date 1897
Author: maa

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Context (Display)
A selection of the Santon Hoard was exhibited at the meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society on 29 November 1897

Event Date 29/11/1897
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (Field collection)
Santon Hoard (1897.218-1897.228). Found by a ‘labourer’ in his garden in Santon, Norfolk in September 1897

Event Date 9/1897
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Von Hügel, Anatole. (1899). ‘Exhibition of Bronze and Iron Implements’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 9.4. pp. 430-431. 
Event Date 1899
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Smith, R.A. (1909). 'A Hoard of metal found at Santon Downham, Suffolk'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 13. pp. 146-163.
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (1966). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 1966
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The numbering has been amended as follows; where an object has an indentifiable Accession Number from the 1897 register this has been used, with the M.G.Spratling number in the 'other numbers' field. If an accession number has multiple objects and records, the M.G.S number has been added to the suffix field to distinguish them. J.Somerville 15/5/2001.
Event Date 15/5/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Garrow, D., C. Gosden & J.D. Hill (eds). (2008). Rethinking Celtic Art. Oxbow: Oxford.
Event Date 2008
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (2009). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 2009
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Davies, M. (2014). Technology at the Transition: Relationships between Culture, Style and Function in the Late Iron Age Determined Through the Analysis of Artefacts. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University. pp. 171-215.
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
A large set of tongs corroded in a closed position. One of the handles is broken one quarter of the way up and the tip of one side of the pincer end is missing.
Event Date 18/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
This object originally had a different accession number associated with it. It was given the accession number 1897.228.8. It appears that the suffix .8 was assigned to the object based on the 1966 unpublished dissertation by Mansel Spratling. Here he provides his own catalogue of the finds in the Santon Hoard. However as this numbering system was not one designed by the museum, this has been added to the MAA Number field as an incorrect number. In the Context note by J. Somerville dated 15/05/2001 they note the Spratling numbers have been assigned when there are multiple objects under an idno. However this gives an erratic range of numbers as it is dependant on Spratling's catalogue. The object's current accession number, 1897.228.1 has been assigned in order to identify it from other bronze objects of this idno with the suffix .1 given to reflect the now new set of suffixes for all 1897.228 accession numbers. See individual records for objects .1-16 for Spratling numbers.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was found to be from the 1966 iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 8. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is still Spratling MGS 8 and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).
Event Date 6/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
A cast was made of this object, by the National Maritime Museum (NMM), at an unknown date. Cast Number AOA0054, Loan Number ARC 1975/18. This cast was put on display at the NMM. In June 2015 the cast was transferred to MAA to the T-series.
Event Date 13/2/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Conservation (Remedial)
CON.1975.9 | Remedial
Event Date 21/4/2020
Author: Kirstie French (admin)