Accession No
1936.834 C.1-3
Description
Three small silvered copper alloy plates, possibly bag fittings. Plates are rectangular, tapering to a thin stem; two rivet holes in the top corners and one at the terminal of the stem. Two plates are complete, though one is corroded on the edging; approximately one third of the stem of one plate has broken away and is missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.834 C.1-3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Silver
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Anglo Saxon Cemetery, Grave No. 36, Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge in 1933
Event Date 1933
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge describes the three silvered plates (1936.834 C.1-3), buckle and strap end (1936.834 C.4-5) as 'evidently fittings from a small leather pouch of some kind' (p. 14). See also TEMP.01238.
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V. Plate: 7
Event Date 1936
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.834 [C.1-5]: 'Small plates and strap end of silvered bronze.'
Event Date 22/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Three small silvered copper alloy plates, possibly bag fittings. Plates are rectangular, tapering to a thin stem; two rivet holes in the top corners and one at the terminal of the stem. Two plates are complete, though one is corroded on the edging; approximately one third of the stem of one plate has broken away and is missing.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:19358
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