Accession No

Z 16075 B


Description

Copper alloy tinned disc brooch with a central perforation and circular punchmarks around the outside edge. Pin bar lug is in place and has the remains of a corroded iron pin; catchplate is intact.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Hauxton


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16075 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Tin; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

35mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small handwritten label on the reverse of the brooch reads: 'Hauxton'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16075 A-B: 'A pair of tinned disc brooches with central hole and border of stamped circlets'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has the following entry: "One labelled Hauxton in 19th century hand. Formerly grouped with Z 16075 C (a pair of tweezers from Haslingfield) as Gr. H.H."
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (CMS Context)
Hoard 11 [of the Haslingfield hoard group]
Event Date 11/2/1987
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 324
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy tinned disc brooch with a central perforation and circular punchmarks around the outside edge. Pin bar lug is in place and has the remains of a corroded iron pin; catchplate is intact.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:291821

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