Object

Accession No

Z 26852 J

Description

Rim sherd from a large, wheel-thrown Thetford Ware vessel. Everted, flat, clubbed rim; short, constricted, slightly everted neck; rounded body with a horizontal raised narrow ridge below neck with thumbed impressions.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; St Andrew's Street; Bird Bolt Hotel

Period

Saxo Norman Medieval

Source

Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector and donor]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

Z 26852 J; MAA: 1913.456

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

Events

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

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: 'BIRD BOLT CAMBRIDGE'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (References)
Handwritten label in blue ball pen found with object reads: 'Thetford Ware'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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 (no. S.22)
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 a large, wheel-thrown Thetford Ware vessel. Everted, flat, clubbed rim; short, constricted, slightly everted neck; rounded body with a horizontal raised narrow ridge below neck with thumbed impressions.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou

FM:304673