Context (Found together / assemblage)
W.T.W. Potts' brother, Malcolm Potts, also collected material from Little Wilbraham cemetery, which was donated to MAA in 1953 (1953.102.1-.6).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
The William Taylor Windle Potts bequest of Anglo-Saxon artefacts from a single grave in Little Wilbraham (2013.286-2013.291) were collected by Potts and his father, Ronald Windle Potts in 1943. W.T.W. Potts wrote an account of their discovery, now in the MAA archive, in which he wrote: 'The grave, which is still visible [as of 3 April 2005] in the face of the old chalk quarry, had been disturbed by rabbits and probably by children... Only fragments of bones remained of the upper portion of the skeleton. The lower half of the grave had been quarried away. The [brooches] and comb were in the shoulder region. The only other items were two round stones in the upper corners of the grave. It lay NW-SE, at the right angles to the edge of the quarry farthest from the Street Way. We took the items to [MAA], which conserved them.'
Event Date 1943
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Gilt bronze face of an applied saucer brooch, detached from backing; edges of disc are not extant. Four faces are visible in wedge-shaped quadrants.
Event Date 17/2/2014
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
It is likely that this face plate was once affixed to one of the three applied saucer back plates found by W.T.W. Potts (2013.289-2013.291), although precisely which one has yet to be determined.
Event Date 18/2/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
The decorative motif on the stamped foil corresponds to the 'Kempston type' (see Kennett, David. (1971). 'Notes: I. Applied Brooches of the Kempston Type at St John's, Cambridge'. PCAS, vol. 63.)
Event Date 21/1/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Gilt copper alloy stamped foil of applied saucer brooch. Style I decoration: outer ring of zoomorphic running design, enclosing a central disc divided into four wedge-shaped quadrants each containing a full-face mask, and four smaller wedges with zoomorphic elements. Detached from backing, with central hole; edges damaged and one piece detached but present.
Event Date 6/1/2021
Author: Louise Puckett