Accession No
Z 11557
Description
A reconstructed vessel, possibly a handled cup, of coarse, brown-grey coloured fabric with patches of orange. Hallstatt B. The vessel has: four small, broadly cylindrical feet, one with a fragment detached but present; a flat base; a rounded body; an everted rim; a small, rounded, perforated, vertical lug below the rim.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Switzerland; Lake Neuchâtel; Auvernier
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 11557
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
105mm x 93mm x 115mm Weight 0.273kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card decription: 'Vessel of brown grey clay with rather rough surface, with traces of burning. Four feet. Repaired. Not too good. Grobere keramik.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old printed label adhered to object has faded text reading: 'Auvernier. Lake of Neuchatel.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Display)
Old printed exhibition label mounted on perspex reads: 'Z.11557. Handled cup of coarse ware with four feet. (Late Bronze Age II).'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Analysis)
The ornament numbers refer to the Gessner publication, Pl. VIII; No. 265.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch (1:2).
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Two of the feet have been reconstructed. Whole vessel has been broken and reconstructed.
Event Date 6/2000
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Andrews Gallery, case 4.17, from 08/03/2012 until 21/09/2020.
Event Date 8/3/2012
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
A reconstructed vessel, possibly a handled cup, of coarse, brown-grey coloured fabric with patches of orange. Hallstatt B. The vessel has: four small, broadly cylindrical feet, one with a fragment detached but present; a flat base; a rounded body; an everted rim; a small, rounded, perforated, vertical lug below the rim.
Event Date 16/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:44068
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