Context (Analysis)
As part of research for the publication 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery...' (1996), John Hines visited MAA and took Xantopren-L blue (silicon-based rubber) peels from many of the objects subsequently listed in Catalogue 2 of that publication. It is not known whether this is one of the objects from which a peel was taken or when.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Redfern Collection was presented to MAA by Lady Ryan of Hintlesham Hall, in memory of the late Mr William Redfern. It is described in the Annual Report as an 'important series of local antiquities of the Bronze Age and later, which [Redfern] had collected'.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card (1923.1577 A-C): '2 debased small-long bronze brooches. 12 beads of amber and glass.'
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has the following entry: "Group find. Uncertain which cemetery these came from"
?Cemetery A; ?Edix Hill (near Orwell).
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Mortimer, C., & Stoney, M. (1996). 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery 1989-91, Cambridgeshire, In Their Regional Context'. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report, 62. Catalogue 2
Event Date 1996
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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 p. 95
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett (1923.1577 A-C): 'One brooch broken in half at the bow, both pieces present. 12 beads strung, another broken bead also found.'
Event Date 10/1/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch in two pieces. Square headplate with a square flat top knob, decorated with two rows of parallel circular punchmarks through the centre. Two semicircular flat side knobs decorated with one row of circular punchmarks, now very faded. Arched bow, broken through the middle; square lappets. Rectangular foot decorated with a raised transverse ridge and flaring towards the base, decorated with two rows of parallel circular punchmarks. Corroded iron pin present in pin bar lug and attached to the catchplate.
Event Date 27/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett