Accession No

1948.1244


Description

Globular pot of brownish-black ware with everted rim, constricted neck and flat base. Undecorated.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1244


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

194mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed green label on pot's exterior reads: 'Little Wilbraham'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851
Event Date 1851
Author: maa


Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (Not illustrated).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (CMS Description)
Undecorated. Globular. Everted rim. Flattened base. Brownish black ware.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Globular pot of brownish-black ware with everted rim, constricted neck and flat base. Undecorated.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19179

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