Accession No
1910.267
Description
One part of a cast copper alloy wrist clasp. Narrow rectangular bar with three square bosses, transverse grooves and notched detail between each boss. Projecting plate with three pierced round lugs on the rear edge; one is damaged. Damaged; it is unclear whether this is a hook-piece or a catch-piece as the definitive section on the front edge is missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Newnham; Croft Lodge
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Watson (Miss) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1910.267; MAA: Z 21336.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Fox (1923) notes 'In the garden of Croft Lodge two interments were found in 1910: wrist-clasps and a cruciform fibula with one [Z 21336]; three fine cruciform fibulae with another [Z 21334-Z 21335].' Although not mentioned by Fox, pottery sherds were also found and accessioned later (Z 23145, Z 29487 A-B).
Event Date 1910
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
1910.263-1910.267: Found on two skeletons in [Miss Watson's] garden at Newnham, Cambridge December 23 1910.
Event Date 23/12/1910
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 244, Pl. 34.2
Event Date 1923
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 21336: 'A short long brooch and half a wrist clasp'.
Event Date 14/10/1986
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
One part of a cast copper alloy wrist clasp. Narrow rectangular bar with three square bosses, transverse grooves and notched detail between each boss. Projecting plate with three pierced round lugs on the rear edge; one is damaged. Damaged; it is unclear whether this is a hook-piece or a catch-piece as the definitive section on the front edge is missing.
Event Date 12/5/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:291611
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