Accession No
1888.30.69 B
Description
Small long brooch. Square headplate with crescent-shaped flat knobs; high bow with rectangular section area on top and latitudinal line near bottom; flat panel decorated with sets of latitudinal lines; foot fans out and curves upward. Irregular semicircular punch marks around edges of side knobs, top knob, and foot. Part of corroded iron pin attached to pin bar lug on reverse; brooch has an overall pitted surface as a result of corrosion.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Grange Road; St John’s College Cricket Field cemetery
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; St John’s College, Cambridge [donor]; von Hügel, Anatole [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1888.30.69 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
33mm x 14mm x 67mm Weight 0.012kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1888.30.69 A-B: 'Two small long brooches.
A: Square headplate and expanded straight-sided foot.
B: Trefoil headplate terminals and carved fan-shaped foot'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Grouped with 1888.30.70 (?as a grave group). From the Anglo Saxon Cemetery.
Event Date 1888
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Display)
Previously on display in Archaeology Gallery, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch. Square headplate with crescent-shaped flat knobs; high bow with rectangular section area on top and latitudinal line near bottom; flat panel decorated with sets of latitudinal lines; foot fans out and curves upward. Irregular semicircular punch marks around edges of side knobs, top knob, and foot. Part of corroded iron pin attached to pin bar lug on reverse; brooch has an overall pitted surface as a result of corrosion.
Event Date 12/11/2020
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:287020
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