Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with object reads: 'Grimston ware'.
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Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'Falcon Yard Cambridge' or 'Falcon Yard Cambridge 1906' plus Accession number in black ink.
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Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (Related Documents)
Old label accompanying objects reads: 'Falcon Yard Cambridge. Material with written name and Hughes name from 1897 excavations C.A.S. IX. 379. Material with printed name from 1906 excavations. C.A.S. XI. 409. Drawn 1952. J.G.H. [Added in pencil] Series of pits'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pitcher - Sherds of Grimstone Ware pitcher. The fragments include mask and two 'arms'
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1906.
Event Date 1906
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1907). 'On the Superficial Deposits under Cambridge, and their Influence upon the Distribution of the Colleges.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 11 (3). p. 409.
Event Date 1907
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Three rim sherds of Grimstone ware pitchers with green glaze on the exterior. One of grey fabric and thick green to greenish brown glaze on the exterior; sherd is a human face with applied nose, circle and dot eyes, pointed beard, and one applied arm touching the right side of the face (the latter two now broken); the other two fragments show remains of a handle-like arm with a hand (five incised fingers) touching the outer side of the rim.
Event Date 2/10/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung