Accession No

1934.1251


Description

Large, flat wheel thrown dish with inverted, hammerhead rim. Red to grey fabric with shell temper. Reconstructed from sherds with plaster infill; roughly four-fifths plaster.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; St Neots; Hall Place


Period

Anglo Saxon Medieval Saxo Norman


Source

Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1934.1251


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

325mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Label found with dish: 'Large dish / Tebbutt. pl. III.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Pottery dish. Very broad flat base and inturned "hammerhead" rim. Very largely restored. Ware very gritty and rather coarse but with fairly smooth surface. Greyish brown colour. Wheel made; Restored
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Charles Frederick Tebbutt in 1929.
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1933). 'Huts of the Anglo-Saxon Period: II. Late Saxon Huts at St Neots' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXIII, pp. 137-151. Plate: III
Event Date 1933
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large, flat wheel thrown dish with inverted, hammerhead rim. Red to grey fabric with shell temper. Reconstructed from sherds with plaster infill; roughly four-fifths plaster.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:24956

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