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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