Accession No
1894.107 C.2
Description
Copper alloy wrist clasp catchplate made from sheet metal. Sub-rectangular plate with two circular sewing holes at rear edge; partly broken. Elongated sub-rectangular, centred catch at front edge. Decorated with row of circular repouseé design and two rows of punchmarks. Traces of an applied bar at front edge; missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Tuddenham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Foster, Mary [monetary donor]; Morley [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1894.107 C.2; MAA: Z 16168 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 16168 B reads: 'half wrist-clasp - row of circles'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1894.107 [C.1-3]: 'Portions of three sets of clasps.'
Event Date 1894
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Field collection)
Collected or purchased in December 1894.
Event Date 12/1894
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (References)
Kennett, David H. (1977) 'The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Tuddenham, Suffolk.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 67. pp. 39-62, no. 14, Fig. 2
Event Date 1977
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 33-35
Event Date 1998
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16168 B reads: 'B has row of dots.'
Event Date 25/4/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy wrist clasp catchplate made from sheet metal. Sub-rectangular plate with two circular sewing holes at rear edge; partly broken. Elongated sub-rectangular, centred catch at front edge. Decorated with row of circular repoussé design and two rows of punchmarks. Traces of an applied bar at front edge; missing.
Event Date 13/5/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:291621
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