Accession No
1948.764.2
Description
Part of a very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Essex; ?Great Chesterford
Period
Roman
Source
Braybrooke Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.764.2; ?Braybrooke 484
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Analysis)
Braybrooke number lost, but fits the dimensions of Braybrooke 484 very accurately.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
If it is 484, it comes from the 15 ft shaft at Chesterford, 24th Jan. 1860; with 1948.768 (Coarse ware jug).
Event Date 24/1/1860
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched; body (broken, but restored) tapers from wide shoulder to very narrow foot
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Part of flagon, for other section see 1948.764.1.
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Part of a very large flagon of cream ware, with low tapering neck, lip belled out and thickened, almost undercut, handles arched.
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Cf Proc. Soc. Ant. Scotland 1928/9, p. 535, fig. 100 g from Mumrills
Event Date 21/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:281565
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