Accession No
1954.401 B
Description
Copper alloy disc brooch decorated with central perforation and three finely incised concentric rings. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Surrey; Mitcham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Bidder, Harold F. (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1954.401 B; MAA: D 1930.78
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
29mm x 29mm
Events
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 (Acquisition Details)
Originally these objects were deposits: no. [19]30.D.78 [= D 1930.78].
From Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham. The two objects are unassociated; one was found during gravel-digging.
Collected by: Bidder.Col.H.F in 1914 - 1918
Event Date
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)
Bronze disc brooch, tinned: decorated with three incised concentric rings
Event Date 13/10/1991
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy disc brooch decorated with central perforation and three finely incised concentric rings. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:291635
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