Object

Accession No

1900.10 B

Description

Cinerary urn with an everted rim, wide mouth and shoulder and flat base. Decorated around the neck with irregular parallel grooves framing large grooved circles, followed by a row of small irregular circules. Faint crossed grooves along the shoulder; pendant triangles filled with grooved circles on the body, pendants are framed with dashes. Reconstructed using sherds and infill.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Oxfordshire; Soulden

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [?monetary donor]; Dryden, Henry (Sir) [collector]; Stevens [vendor]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1900.10 B; MAA: AR 1900.384 B

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

140mm

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label on object reads: '1900 10b Souldern, Oxfordshire.'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Labels & Markings)
Large label attached to urn reads: 'Souldern Co: Ox:'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought through Jenkinson from Sir Henry Dryden Stevens sale, London, 7 Nov. 1899. £1:17:6
Event Date 7/1/1899
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Other)
The 1900 Annual Report notes that all three urns were 'Restored in the Museum'.
Event Date 1900
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton description for 1900.10 [A-C]: 'Portions of 3 cinerary urns (2 decorated) Reconstructed using infill.'
Event Date 28/1/2002
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Cinerary urn with an everted rim, wide mouth and shoulder and flat base. Decorated around the neck with irregular parallel grooves framing large grooved circles, followed by a row of small irregular circules. Faint crossed grooves along the shoulder; pendant triangles filled with grooved circles on the body, pendants are framed with dashes. Reconstructed using sherds and infill.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley

FM:291764