Accession No
1894.81 F.2
Description
Small copper alloy plate curved into a semicircular shape. Multiple marks and nicks in surface; bright green patina present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Eriswell
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Morley [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1894.81 F.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
30mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1894.81[A-G]: 'A number of small objects, mostly fragments, of bronze, buckles, fibulae, pins, etc.'
Event Date 1894
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1894
Event Date 1894
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 26-28.
Event Date 1998
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville's description for 1894.81[A-G]: 'Three portions of bronze brooches; semi-circular strip of bronze; short piece of bronze ?wire; rectangular strip of bronze with 5 incised grooves; rectangular plate of bronze with the hook folded over and 2 rivets at the other end; rectangular plate of bronze with 2 rivets and an applied bar; a flat plate of bronze with one hole and an ?iron rivet through another hole; ?hinge plate with two ends for holding pin folded over and four holes at intervals along its length; a small decorative object with flat, smooth circular area surmounted by a crescent; a medieval ?handle.'
Event Date 3/4/2001
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Small copper alloy plate curved into a semicircular shape. Multiple marks and nicks in surface; bright green patina present.
Event Date 13/5/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:291648
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