Accession No
1969.76 A
Description
Rim sherd, now in two pieces which refit one one sherd that has been reconstructed, from a large lead glazed cooking pot. Everted hammerhead rim, with moulded ridge on interior surface leading to body. Outer surface brown, glazed interior surface, orange core.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Bene't Street; Barclays Bank
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Barclays Bank [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1969.76 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found by workmen in 1968 employed in rebuilding under Barclays Bank, possibly from a pit.
Event Date 1968
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1969.76 [A-I]: 'Many sherds from cooking pans. Thick internal glaze. Mostly carinated rims.'
Event Date 1969
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. 4, No. 3
Event Date 1974
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd, now in two pieces which refit one one sherd that has been reconstructed, from a large lead glazed cooking pot. Everted hammerhead rim, with moulded ridge on interior surface leading to body. Outer surface brown, glazed interior surface, orange core.
Event Date 15/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:19375
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