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
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Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally these objects were deposits: no. [19]30.D.54 [= D 1930.54]. (Pencil: Large iron ring, two smaller rings and hook found on pelvis not on loan).
From grave 112 (found on left breast), Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham.
Collected by: Bidder.Col.H.F
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 1954.377 A (This is incorrect)
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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 the object marked 1954.377 B: 'A. Thin bronze plate, 3.5 cm wide; kidney-shaped, the lobes terminating in animal heads, affronted but divided by a central stem.'
Description for the object marked 1954.377 A: 'B. Small long brooch, very small and of curious form'
Event Date 13/10/1991
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton description for 1954.377 A-B: 'Objects are marked with the opposite letters. So the object matching the description of A is marked B and vice versa.'
Event Date 2/4/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch; rectangular headplate and low, subtly-arched bow. Gently curving lappets and small, rectangular terminal. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe