Accession No
Z 21291.5
Description
Cast copper ally disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by a single concentric circle. Scalloped edge. Catchplate mostly missing, remains of corroded iron pin in pin bar lug.
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 21291.5
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
52mm x 10mm x 52mm Weight 14.7kg
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
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to reverse reads: 'Hasling..'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
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 (Unpublished PhD thesis).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 a scolloped edge and a single ring design with a central perforation.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa
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)
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
Description (Physical description)
Plain bronze disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by a single concentric ring. Ridged rim. On reverse, catchplate missing, hinge intact with mass of corrosion from the pin.
Event Date 23/5/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2016.3379 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 2/6/2016
Author: Ruth Watson
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper ally disc brooch. Central hole surrounded by a single concentric circle. Scalloped edge. Catchplate mostly missing, remains of corroded iron pin in pin bar lug.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:269407
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