Accession No
Z 30277 A.1
Description
Incomplete wheel-made baluster jug of fine orange-red fabric; upper part of neck and rim missing. Long, constricted neck; thickened strap handle with a deep central groove on top running from neck to shoulder, finished with a large thumbed impression; pedestal base with thumbed impressions forming a footring. The front and sides of the body, to below the level of the handle, are covered with a buff slip. A bib of clear glaze with copper green mottles covers the front of the vessel with a small amount of glaze below the main bib and on the base.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; King's College
Period
Medieval
Source
Thomas, McKenny Hughes (professor) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 30277 A.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Probably found at the site of Bodley's Building
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 30277 A[.1-2]: 'Fragment from rim of large vessel, red. Jug, neck broken off, mottled green glaze.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'King' s College probably Bodley's Building'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Paul Spoerry (2016): 'Wheel-made baluster jug missing upper part of neck and rim. The base is recessed and continually ‘thumbed’ although it seems that the clay has actually been removed neatly with a curved implement to give the appearance of thumbing or impressed with a tool. A thickened strap handle attached at the neck has a deep central groove. Above the join of handle to body the sides of the handle have been pushed together to close up the groove. The handle is finished with a single large thumbed impression forming a short groove joining handle to body. The front and sides of the body, to below the level of the handle, are covered with a buff slip. A bib of clear glaze with copper green mottles covers the front of the vessel with a small amount of glaze below the main bib and on the base. Fine orange-red fabric.'
Event Date 2016
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Spoerry, Paul. (2016). The Production and Distribution of Medieval Pottery in Cambridgeshire. East Anglian Archaeology 159. Bar Hill: Oxford Archaeology East. p, 243, Fig. 9.78 (LM3).
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:305222
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