Accession No

Z 21291.4


Description

Copper alloy disc brooch. Central circular indentation 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. Corroded pin present in catchplate, pin bar lug missing.


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 21291.4


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

47mm x 10mm x 47mm Weight 13.6kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thin, handwritten paper label partially affixed to back reads: 'Haslingfield'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This appears to be the pair of Z 21291.3.
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


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to reveres reads: 'Haslingfield'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


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 (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 (Unpublished PhD thesis).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 missing, hinge intact.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2016.3378 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Ruth Watson


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy disc brooch. Central circular indentation 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. Corroded pin present in catchplate, pin bar lug missing.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:269406

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