Accession No
1936.806
Description
Green glazed globular jug. Squared simple rim with a wide neck and a single strap handle affixed with four deep thumbing marks and decorated down its length with four incised stab marks. Round body with three incised horizontal lines across its surface. Obtuse basal angle with a sagging bottom, small hole in body and chip to the edge of the rim. Partial green glaze across the top of the surface. Grey fabric.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Norfolk; Denver; River Ouse
Period
Medieval 14th century
Source
Markham, Ada N. C. [donor]; Bushell, Mark [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.806
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
210mm x 230mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Jug, crock; round-bodied with 3 lines round shoulder. Strap handle with double thumb impression at top and bottom. Sagging base with 4 thumb impressions. Green glaze on upper two-thirds.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found: Dredged somewhere in the River Ouse between Denver Sluice and the Kask. Collected by Mark Bushell in 1885.
Event Date 1885
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Ada N.C. Markham, Downham Market, June 1936.
Event Date 6/1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small piece of rim broken and missing
Event Date 31/8/2000
Author: Aedan Jones
Context (Related Documents)
Historic handwritten note reads' Crock, (14th Century) Dredged up about 50 years ago by Mark Bushell somewhere in the Ouse between Denver sluice and the Kash. June 1936.'
Event Date 30/1/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Green glazed globular jug. Squared simple rim with a wide neck and a single strap handle affixed with four deep thumbing marks and decorated down its length with four incised stab marks. Round body with three incised horizontal lines across its surface. Obtuse basal angle with a sagging bottom, small hole in body and chip to the edge of the rim. Partial green glaze across the top of the surface. Grey fabric.
Event Date 30/1/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:16547
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