Accession No

2015.64


Description

A bronze, oval, intaglio plate type brooch. Decorated in concentric ovals. The remains of green enamel can be seen around the outer oval and the intaglio, which would have sat in the centre, is now missing. The pin is missing also. The brooch has been squashed at the two longer sides.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

?Roman


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.64; MAA: MN0022; A0017


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Enamel


Local Term


Measurements

27mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A bronze, oval, intaglio plate type brooch. Decorated in concentric ovals. The remains of green enamel can be seen around the outer oval and the intaglio, which would have sat in the centre, is now missing. The pin is missing also. The brooch has been squashed at the two longer sides.
Event Date 20/7/2015
Author: maa


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:268389

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