Accession No
1974.423 A
Description
Base sherd from green glass vessel, with conical kick and pontil mark, remnants of upright sides.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Bene't Street; Barclays Bank
Period
Post Medieval 17th century
Source
Barclays Bank [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1974.423 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
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: 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.
Event Date 1974
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Base of drinking vessels of green glass. ?Large straight sided
Event Date 1974
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1974.423 [A-B]: 'One complete base, plus three sherds found marked with this number. Probably more than one vessel represented.'
Event Date 7/9/2001
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Analysis)
Michael McCarthy (1974) notes that the glass discovered at the Barclays Bank site would be published in the 'next volume of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society', but this does not appear to have taken place.
Event Date 9/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
Base sherd from green glass vessel, with conical kick and pontil mark, remnants of upright sides.
Event Date 9/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:19388
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