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)
Catalogue card description for 1969.77: 'Pipkins/tripod cooking pots. One near complete, one green glazed rim sherd with spout, one pot restored but subsequently disintegrated. Internal glaze, traces of soot on exterior.'
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. 2, No. 2.
Event Date 1974
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Clarke Gallery, case 53, from 1984 until 08/03/2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Tripod pipkin of coarse, orange-brown fabric, partially decorated with thin brown glaze. Part of the rim and shoulder is broken and missing. The pipkin has: three pulled feet that curve outwards from the base, each foot is slightly pointed and flattened on the upper surface; a sagging base; a rounded body with traces of soot; a straight, angled strap handle, with a thumbed, oval-shaped depression at the base, a sub-rectangular cross-section, and a slight curve at the end; six incised horizontal lines on the shoulder; an everted, thickened rim with a rounded bevel on the outer edge.
Event Date 15/1/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad