Accession No
1953.208 C
Description
Four sherds of different earthenware and red ware vessels; including Rim, base and handle fragments. The handle sherd has both thumbed and stabbed decorations and the base sherd has a single thumb mark and is of a flat, obtuse angle.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Free School Lane
Period
Medieval
Source
Smith, Stanley Thomas (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1953.208 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
'Foundation of Engineering laboratory extensions. Free school lane. Cambridge May or June 1912. Site of old cottage."
Event Date
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1953.208 [A-C]: 'Sherds of jugs and one fragment with a moulded bird'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
The catalogue card notes: 'Found by the foundations of old Cottages 1912 when building an extension to the Engineering Laboratory.' Handwritten label affixed to 1953.208 gives the month as 'May or June'.
Event Date 1912
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1953.208 [A-C]: '9 Sherds, 3 of which fit together.'
Event Date 6/9/2001
Author: Aedan Jones
Description (Physical description)
4 sherds of different earthenware and red ware vessels; including Rim, base and handle fragments. The handle sherd has both thumbed and stabbed decorations and the base sherd has a single thumb mark and is of a flat, obtuse angle.
Event Date 3/10/2023
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:304433
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