Description (Labels & Markings)
Old handwritten label adhered to side of object reads: 'Plumbers crucible. Bed of river. Shepreth. TMKH.'
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for Z 28231: 'Stone plumbers crucible.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found in the river bed.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 28231: 'Crucible of ?fired clay.'
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Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
The catalogue card description for this crucible suggests that it is made of fired clay. However, in the accession register, the crucible is described as being made of stone. I believe that the latter interpretation is correct; the crucible appears to be made of a dark grey schist, possibly containing graphite, with clay and gravel encrusted on the outer surface. The Material field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 1/12/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Crucible made of a dark grey stone with platy minerals, possibly graphite schist. The crucible has: a flattened, circular base; asymmetric, upright walls; a rounded depression in the centre with a ground surface. Outside surface is partially encrusted with clay and fine gravel.
Event Date 1/12/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad