Accession No
D 1977.4
Description
Large wheel-thrown rounded bowl. Everted, internally thickened rim, decorated with repeated stabbing with a three-toothed tool on flat top; everted wal. A glossy iron mottled green glaze on internal surface from below rim; sooted externally. Nine sherds detached but present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wicken; Butts Farm
Period
Medieval 15th century
Source
Nield [depositor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1977.4
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with objects reads: 'Butt's Farm. Wicken'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Field collection)
Found at a rubbish pit underneath kitchen of a 16 Century AD house at Butts Farm
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Fragments of a dish with a green internal glaze
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Paul Spoerry (2016): 'Wheel-made rounded bowl with an everted, internally thickened, rim that has been decorated with repeated stabbing with a three-toothed tool around the rim. Internally the bowl is covered from below the rim with a glossy iron mottled glossy green glaze. The bowl is sooted externally. Hard-fired, moderately hackly fracture buff surfaces, mid brown margins and core. Sandy feel, moderate–abundant fine quartz, occasional medium quartz and rare very coarse calcareous inclusions up to 3mm.'
Event Date 2016
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Spoerry, Paul. (2016). The Production and Distribution of Medieval Pottery in Cambridgeshire. East Anglian Archaeology 159. Bar Hill: Oxford Archaeology East. pp. 198-199, Fig. 9.53 (HM126)
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large wheel-made rounded bowl. Everted, internally thickened rim, decorated with repeated stabbing with a three-toothed tool on flat top; everted wal. A glossy iron mottled green glaze on internal surface from below rim; sooted externally. Nine sherds detached but present.
Event Date 23/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:16093
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