Context (References)
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)
Small green glazed cup/McArthy' s ' Sweetmeat bowl' . Restored, handle broken. Fabric A.
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. 6, No. 7
Event Date 1974
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
McCarthy (1974) states 'Its attribution as a sweetmeat bowl is slightly suspect, the alternative suggestion being a finger bowl or side-handled cup, but the problem with the latter possibility is that a second handle would be necessary.'
Event Date 11/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Wheel-made lead glazed bowl, possibly for sweetmeats or finger bowl, reconstructed using plaster infill. Simple rim, carinated mid body, small horizontal lobed lug handle with two pierced holes, curving down base with very short footring. Surface covered in dark green glaze. Fabric A.
Event Date 11/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck