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)
Fragments of McArthy' s colander
Event Date 1969
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
McCarthy (1974) states 'There are scares, one above the other, on the side that may mark the position of a handle. The sagging base, perforated at close intervals, may originally have had three feet in the manner of Hungate examples.'
Event Date 1974
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

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. 7
Event Date 1974
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sherds from lead glazed colander, now in three pieces which refit, including rim and base. Clubbed slightly everted rim, lightly curved body with incised line on exterior surface, tapering to a sagging bottom perforated with small holes. Fabric B, outer surface brown in colour with red tinge, dark orange core, interior surface covered in glaze.
Event Date 12/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck