Accession No

1905.56 C


Description

Upper section of a large wheel-thrown jar. Everted flat rim, thin wall, sooted externally. Reconstructed from ten sherds; about half of upper body is present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Great Chesterton


Period

Medieval


Source

Foster, J. E. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1905.56 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found in the gravel pit, opposite the White Horse Public House, High St, Great Chesterton.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register entry for 1905.56 [A-D]: 'Portions of a jug, cooking pot, etc., and other fragments of Medieval pottery.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'A. 1905.56. Gravel pit, opposite the White Horse Public House, High St, old Chesterton. J.E. Foster. M.A.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Context (Display)
Old display label in Cyril Fox's hand reads: '"WHITE HORSE" OLD CHESTERTON 1905'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1905.56 [A-D]: 'There is the base and half the body of a jug; half the rim and half of the upper part of the body of a cooking pot (made up of several sherds stuck together; one rim sherd of a dish or bowl; two thirds of the rim and body and part of the base of a small pot with one loose sherd also present.'
Event Date 4/9/2001
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Upper section of a large wheel-thrown jar. Everted flat rim, thin wall, sooted externally. Reconstructed from 10 sherds; about half of upper body is present.
Event Date 28/9/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:304343

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