Description (Physical description)
Description for 1969.74 [A-B]: 'Chafing dish, base complete, a third of body only. Thick yellow green glaze on inside and parts of exterior. McCarthy fabric A. With sherd of another rougher chafing dish.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found by workmen in 1968 employed in rebuilding under Barclays Bank, possibly from a pit.
Event Date 1968
Author: maa

Context (References)
McCarthy, M. R. (1974). 'An Early Seventeenth-century Pit Goup from Bene't Street, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65(2), pp. 79-92. Fig. 7, No. 1.
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 52, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Analysis)
Compare 1969.74 B.
Event Date 12/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Incomplete chafing dish. Slightly everted rim with a protruding vertical rim support for another vessel. Main bowl has flared sides and an internal circle of applied fabric at its base, attached with decorative finger impressions. Horizontal loop handle at side of bowl, with thumb impression at surviving join. Hollow, splayed pedestal base. Green-yellow glaze visible on exterior and interior. Most of bowl is missing.
Event Date 12/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle