Context (Display)
Historic display label found with Z 30867 A-C: 'Figured Specimens from Camb Ant Soc / Bird Bolt Hotel 1906 / found in digging foundations for Norwich Union and Liberal Club. / 19 boxes sent to Archaeol[og]y Mus[eu]m / T McKenny Hughes'

[See image attached to record Z 26852 A. Katrina Dring, 05/02/2024]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label in blue ball pen found with object reads: 'Thetford Ware'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.13'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26852 [A-K]: 'Thetford Ware sherds.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'BIRD BOLT.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Field collection)
Found during building work, 1904-1906 (see Browne, p. 26)
Event Date 1904
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1907). 'On the Section Seen and the Objects Found During Excavations on the Site of the Old Bird Bolt Hotel'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 11(3). pp. 424-445.
Event Date 1907
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
J.G. Hurst (1957): 'Thick everted rim partially squared off with a strap handle springing from the rim. A row of small thumbings along the top of the rim about half an inch apart.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Hurst, J. G. and West, S. E. (1957). 'Saxo-Norman Pottery in East Anglia. Part II.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 50. pp. 29-60 (no. S.13)
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 26
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field was previously given as 'Saxon'. This has been updated to 'Saxo Norman' on the basis of Hurst's 1957 publication.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd from Thetford Ware with remains of a flat strap handle extending horizontally from rim. Thick, everted rim with three regularly spaced thumbed impressions on top; short, constricted neck; possibly rounded body.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou