Accession No
2013.291
Description
Thin copper alloy backplate of an applied saucer brooch. Two rectangular slots for catchplate and pin lug, one with a small round perforation adjacent.
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
2013.291
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
61mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
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 18/2/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
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 18/2/2014
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Thin bronze back plate of an applied saucer brooch; complete. Two rectangular slots for clasp.
Event Date 18/2/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Thin copper alloy backplate of an applied saucer brooch. Two rectangular slots for catchplate and pin lug, one with a small round perforation adjacent.
Event Date 6/1/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:267519
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