Context (Display)
Handwritten label, possibly for display, reads: 'Bronze handle, Burwell Fen, Cambs' and on reverse '1883.758 Found 1846'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1846
Event Date 1846
Author: maa

Context (References)
Corcoran, J.X.W.P. 1952. 'Tankards and tankard handles of the British Early Iron Age: a handle from Burwell Fen, Cambridgeshire.' Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 18, 239
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Looped handle, bronze, four-sided, moulded with figure of an animal.
Event Date 1/9/1994
Author: maa

Context (References)
Jope, E.M. 2000. Early Celtic Art in the British Isles. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 286, Pl. 227 F
Event Date 2000
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Small cast bronze handle from a wooden tankard. Decorated with the projecting face of a stylized animal with erect ears, snout with flaring nostrils and brow-ridge; probably either a horse or a canine.
Event Date 29/7/2014
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Dr Jody Joy examined this handle on 29 July 2014 and identified it as a handle from a wooden tankard. Due to the stylized appearance, it is from the Iron Age cultural tradition and dates to either the late Iron Age or early Roman period. Dr Joy believes the animal to be a horse or a bovine, Dr Jope (see Bib above) identifies it as a canine, so both have been included in the new Description. The Period field has been updated from simply 'Roman' to include Late Iron Age.
Event Date 29/7/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Horn, J. A. 2015. 'Horn Tankards of the British Iron Age.' Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 81. pp 1-31, Fig. 13
Event Date 2015
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
Jonathan Horn dates this handle to 75 BC - AD 200, based on style (see Bib). This date range has therefore been added to the Period field. He also notes that it is cast, which has been added to the most recent Description.
Event Date 12/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2019.4311 | Assessment Only
Event Date 9/8/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2020.4811 | Remedial
Event Date 26/8/2020
Author: Kirstie French

Loan (Long Term Gallery Loan)
Ely Museum, The Old Gaol, Ely, 01/09/2020 to 30/09/2023, Ely Museum Redevelopment
Event Date 1/9/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson