Accession No
1954.370 B
Description
Cup or beaker of fine, olive-green glass with upright rim and pronounced, rounded shoulder. Deep dimple in base pushed up into body of vessel. Approximately one-third of the vessel is missing, the rest has been reconstructed from fragments.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Surrey; Mitcham
Period
Anglo Saxon late 6th century early 7th century
Source
Bidder, Harold F. (Colonel) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1954.370 B; MAA: D 1930.47
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
80mm
Events
Context (References)
Ref. Plate: 4.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
See archives (GO5/2/1 - GO5/2/8) for Col. Bidder’s notebooks, plans, maps and correspondence relating to the excavation of Mitcham cemetery
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Related Documents)
On this and many of the following cards for objects donated by Col Bidder other objects are listed as "not on loan" . These words are written in pencil, the only pencil on the card. On future entries I will write (Pencil: Object X not on loan), in this case: (Pencil: Beads and iron not on loan)
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
From Grave 34 (lying over 31); found on L & R of head. At Anglo- Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Small bowl of olive-green glass, ?Kentish.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally the objects 1954.370 A-B were deposited in MAA, given the number D 1930.47, and only later accessioned as a gift.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Duckworth, W. L. H. (1906). ‘Excavations in an Anglo-Saxon Burial Ground at Mitcham, Surrey’. Archaeologia, vol. 60. pp. 49-68
Event Date 1906
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
B: Small bowl of olive-green glass, ?Kentish
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Bidder, Harold F. And Morris, J. (1959). ‘The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Mitcham’. Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol. 56. pp. 51-131
Event Date 1959
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton: 'Approx one third is broken off and missing, part of the bowl has been glued back together.'
Event Date 2/4/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Cup or beaker of fine, olive-green glass with upright rim and pronounced, rounded shoulder. Deep dimple in base pushed up into body of vessel. Approximately one-third of the vessel is missing, the rest has been reconstructed from fragments.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:280897
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