Accession No

Z 26861 B


Description

Body sherd from slipped wheel-thrown Sgraffito Ware, with linear incision revealing red fabric underneath yellow surface on the outside.


Place

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


Period

Medieval


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 26861 B; MAA: 1913.456


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26861 [A-B]: 'Sgraffito Ware'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '37.39.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


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 (Field collection)
Found during building work, 1904-1906 (see Browne, p. 26)
Event Date 1904
Author: Danlei Zhou


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: maa


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: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd from slipped wheel-thrown Sgraffito Ware, with linear incision revealing red fabric underneath yellow surface on the outside.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou


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