Accession No

1954.409 B.3


Description

Fragment of a copper alloy chatelaine, mostly obscured by mineral deposits and mineralised textile.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Surrey; Mitcham


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Bidder, Harold F. (Colonel) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1954.409 B.3; MAA: D 1930.86


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Iron; Mineralised textile


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally these objects were deposits: no. [19]30.D.86 [= D 1930.86]. (Pencil: Pot, iron box fittings, a spur at feet; iron weaving batten etc. not on loan).
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Field collection)
From grave 49, Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham.
Collected by: Bidder.Col.H.F.
Ref. Plate: 9-10
Box-list has "[19]54.409 ?" and "[19]54.409 B"
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Related Documents)
See archives (GO5/2/1 - GO5/2/8) for Col. Bidder’s notebooks, plans, maps and correspondence relating to the excavation of Mitcham cemetery
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Duckworth, W. L. H. (1906). ‘Excavations in an Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground at Mitcham, Surrey’. Archaeologia, vol. 60. pp. 49-68
Event Date 1906
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Morris, J. (1959). ‘The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Mitcham’. Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol. 56. pp. 51-131
Event Date 1959
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.409 B[.1-3]: 'Chatelaine, stiff with three pairs bronze rods. Found between the legs'
Event Date 13/10/1991
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton description for 1954.409 B[.1-3]: 'B is broken into three pieces. There are many textile impressions on the metal.'
Event Date 2/4/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a copper alloy chatelaine, mostly obscured by mineral deposits and mineralised textile.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:291604

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