Context (Field collection)
Possibly collected from Castle Acre Priory by J.H. Bloom in 1854
Event Date 1854
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
The original entry for 1886.36 B suffix implies that it was a glass pane with lead lining. Only the lead lining was seen in 2001, in a roughly circular shape, and presumably earlier to judge by the type of object label attached to it by string. Found with 1886.36 A-E were two pieces of stained glass not marked with accession numbers, the head of a female saint and the lower half of a body wearing a gown or robes (subsequently assigned 2014.133 and TEMP.00232, respectively). Both of these objects have been wrapped with very fine metal wires, presumably not for conservation purposes as the head of the saint is not cracked. It is perhaps possible that the round lead lining once fit around the rounded upper section of the female head and that the bottom half of a robed figure was thought to belong to her so that the metal wires were used to suspend the bottom section from the top, since the middle section of the figure no longer exists. If this is the case, then the lead lining (1886.36 B), the head (2014.133) and the bottom (TEMP.00232) are all part of the same object: 1886.36 B. More research will need to be undertaken, however, before this can be determined definite. In the meantime, 1886.36 B has been tentatively added to the Idno field.
Event Date 29/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Stained glass fragment, white glass with paint and silver stain. Bottom section of a figure wearing a gown or robe with yellow trim.
Event Date 29/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Jasmine Allen, curator of the Stained Glass Museum, examined this object on 29 June 2016 and gave an updated description and dates this piece to probably the 14th or 15th century. The Period and Description fields have been updated accordingly.
Event Date 29/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
This pane of glass was found stored with 1886.36 A-E, but was not marked with an idno nor does it have any labels affixed to it (as 1886.36 A-E do). Another unnumbered glass fragment was also found and accessioned as 2014.133. This pane has been given a temporary number, as part of current museum policy. Its provenance is currently unknown but, since it was found with material donated by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society from Castle Acre Priory, this information has been tentatively entered.
Event Date 29/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
See Z 39517 for similar drapery.
Event Date 21/11/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck