Accession No
Z 21291.3
Description
Copper alloy disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by concentric circles. Followed by three bands of decoration separated by incised concentric circles: circular punch marks (obscured by corrosion) and triangular punch marks along the rim. Remains of corroded iron pin in pin bar lug, catchplate damaged but present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Haslingfield
Period
Anglo Saxon 450-550 AD
Source
Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 21291.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
36mm x 11mm x 36mm Weight 10.1kg
Events
Context (Display)
Previously mounted to a perspex mount with a label that reads: 'Bronze disc brooches. Foster Bequest' and then, in a later hand 'Haslingfield'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Found together / assemblage)
This appears to be the pair of Z 21291.4.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Accessions Register entry for Z 21291[.1-7]: 7 bronze A/S disc-brooches, one gilt.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Hilton, Patricia. (1961). The Cemeteries at Barrington and Haslingfield in Relation to the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England. (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of Leeds, Leeds
Event Date 1961
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology.
Event Date 1998
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Disk Brooch
Front decorated with concentric ring and circle design
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 5 bronze disc brooches. Central dots and concentric circles. Two (a pair) also have a ring of small circles-with-dots.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
On 29 April 2016 Agnese Benzonelli, PhD candidate at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, tested this object using pXRF as part of her researcher into the use of black bronze alloys in the ancient and medieval world.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Bronze disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by concentric rings. Three bands of decoration surround the central hole, separated by incised concentric rings: apparently circular punch marks (obscured by corrosion), circular punch marks, and triangular punch marks along the rim. On reverse, catchplate broken at top, hinge obscured by iron corrosion of pin.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2016.3377 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Ruth Watson
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by concentric circles. Followed by three bands of decoration separated by incised concentric circles: circular punch marks (obscured by corrosion) and triangular punch marks along the rim. Remains of corroded iron pin in pin bar lug, catchplate damaged but present.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:269405
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