Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label in black ballpoint pen found with objects reads: 'Late 16th/earty 17th century.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
Dredged from River Rhee at Ivy Cottage. Collected during 1939-1945 War [or perhaps as late as 1946, see note].
Event Date 1939
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hurst, J. G. (1956). 'Saxo-Norman Pottery in East Anglia.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 49. p. 58
Event Date 1956
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Sherds of late 16th, early 17th century ware; some decorated. One large sherd is glazed and has a mustard coloured background and a design in black and brown depicting a central flower surrounded by crudely drawn ?human faces.
Event Date 22/8/2001
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
These sherds (Z 27228 A-H) are likely to be the ones briefly listed by J.G. Hurst in 1956 as being collected by Mr Coleman 'from dredging at the foot of the hill on the Foxton-Barrington Road' in 1946 (p. 58). More information was included in their catalogue records, specifically that they were dredged from the River Rhee at Ivy Cottage. The record also gives the collection date as during WWII, rather than 1946, but this latter may have been the date they came to the Museum or simply slightly later. Hurst also mentions a bronze bowl, possibly Z 16087, and scramasaxes which have not yet been identified and may have been confused with those excavated from Edix Hill and Hooper's Field. A clunch bowl (Z 11468), not listed by Hurst, also appears to have been found at the same time. Therefore the Source field, which was previously blank, has been updated with Mr Coleman as collector and donor.
Event Date 4/1/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
49 sherds of mixed fabric; some with various glaze, incised or slip decoration. 21 rim sherds; 15 body sherds; eight sherds of vertical handles; three base sherds including one of Sgraffito redware; two sherds of bungholes. One large, relatively flat sherd is glazed and has a yellow background and a design in black and brown dots and lines depicting a central flower surrounded by possibly human faces.
Event Date 8/1/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou