Accession No
Z 26911.2-6
Description
Five unglazed sherds of vertical handles. 2. large twisted circular rod handle of grey ware. 3. fragment of small, everted, right-angled rim and slashed vertical strap handle below rim. Grey fabric and surface. 4. circular rod handle with deeply incised horizontal grooves on front. 5. strap handle with stabbed decoration in the middle and thumbed impressions on raised edges on front. Grey core and buff brown surface. 6. strap handle with stabbed holes in the middle and thumbed impressions on raised edges on front; one side of handle flattened. Grey core; orange surface.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Corn Exchange Street; ?Masonic Hall; ?King's Ditch
Period
Medieval
Source
?Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 26911.2-6; 26
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Large typed label affixed to grey stabbed handle sherd (Z 26911.6) reads: '8'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
All marked in black ink: 'CAMBRIDGE'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26911[.1-6]: 'Unglazed handles of pitchers. Decorated'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
See AR 1892.18 ('Fragments and chips of ancient pottery, highly glazed and showing various designs in colour. Foundations of the Masonic Club, Cambridge, 1892.'); Z 26906-10, Z 26911.1 and Z 26912.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 26911[.1-6]: '6 decorated handles.'
Event Date 31/8/1978
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Five unglazed sherds of vertical handles. 2. large twisted circular rod handle of grey ware. 3. fragment of small, everted, right-angled rim and slashed vertical strap handle below rim. Grey fabric and surface. 4. circular rod handle with deeply incised horizontal grooves on front. 5. strap handle with stabbed decoration in the middle and thumbed impressions on raised edges on front. Grey core and buff brown surface. 6. strap handle with stabbed holes in the middle and thumbed impressions on raised edges on front; one side of handle flattened. Grey core; orange surface.
Event Date 12/1/2024
Author: maa
FM:307973
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