Accession No
1903.188 C
Description
Lobed knot of copper alloy, possibly belonging to a chalice, with sixteen grooves and a rectangular rivet hole. On one side the grooved decoration ends right by the rivet hole, on the other there is a plain and concave indentation around the rivet hole.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Fordham
Period
Medieval
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Bland [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1903.188 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten paper label reading in black ink: '1903.188 Bland Sale'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Field collection)
Found: Neighbourhood of Fordham.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Portion of a bronze spur and other fragments.'
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1903.188 A: 'Also found numbered 1903.188 is a bronze boss, solid cast in the round in the form of segments, not unlike flower petals, with a central perforation.'
Event Date 17/08/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Lobed knot of copper alloy, possibly belonging to a chalice, with sixteen grooves and a rectangular rivet hole. On one side the grooved decoration ends right by the rivet hole, on the other there is a plain and concave indentation around the rivet hole.
Event Date 24/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:306143
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