Accession No

2013.290


Description

Thin copper alloy backplate of an applied saucer brooch. Two rectangular slots for pin lug and catchplate, one damaged. One side of brooch damaged and missing, large irregular hole around damaged slot.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Potts, William Taylor Windle [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2013.290


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

54mm


Events

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)
Thin bronze back plate of an applied saucer brooch; damage around edge and around one slot for clasp. The second rectangular slot extant.
Event Date 18/2/2014
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Thin copper alloy backplate of an applied saucer brooch. Two rectangular slots for pin lug and catchplate, one damaged. One side of brooch damaged and missing, large irregular hole around damaged slot.
Event Date 6/1/2021
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:267518

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