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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