Accession No

1954.400 B


Description

Three fragments of an incomplete bottle made of blown green glass. Incorporating a long neck, two handles, rounded shoulders and body which narrows towards the base. The low pushed in base is made from a single parasion of glass which has been folded upon itself. Decoration of wrapped threads around the neck and bottom of the body.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Surrey; Mitcham


Period

Roman ?Anglo Saxon


Source

Bidder, Harold F. (Colonel) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1954.400 B; MAA: D 1930.77


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1954.400 A-B: 'Fragmentary glass bowl & bottle'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Analysis)
Rhenish. Date: 4 Century AD -.
See back of card for note on opaque marvered trailing in glass.
Both are thought to be Roman; but B: " ?Rhenish, C4th A.D. Late Roman heirloom" .
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Acquisition Details)
Originally these objects were deposits: no. [19]30.D.77 [=D 1930.77].
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Field collection)
From Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated at Mitcham. Found during gravel-digging and [the objects are] possibly associated.
Collected by: Bidder.Col.H.F in 1914 -1918
Event Date 1914
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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)
Two-handled bottle, fragmentary green glass
Event Date 13/10/1991
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Three fragments of an incomplete bottle made of blown green glass. Incorporating a long neck, two handles, rounded shoulders and body which narrows towards the base. The low pushed in base is made from a single parasion of glass which has been folded upon itself. Decoration of wrapped threads around the neck and bottom of the body.
Event Date 21/2/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:291555

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