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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.15'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

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

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
[Note: the number S.15 in the publication in fact refers to Z 26863 B. This sherd which is marked S.15 has been matched to the description given for S.16 in the publication]
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
J.G. Hurst (1957): 'Rounded rim with a thin strap handle springing from the rim. Small thumbings round the top of the rim irregularly spaced.'
[Note: incorrectly referred to as S.16 in publication.]
Event Date 1957
Author: Danlei Zhou

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)
Sherd from Thetford Ware with traces of a flat strap handle on rim. Everted rim with three regularly spaced thumbed impressions on top; short, constricted neck; possibly rounded body with applied thumbed strip from neck down.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou