Accession No

1951.344.6 A


Description

Boar's tusk.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Abington Pigotts; ?Guilden Morden; ?Guilden Morden Hall


Period

Roman


Source

?de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.344.6 A; MAA: Z 41848


Cultural Affliation


Material

Tusk


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1951.344[.1-6]: 'Three large pewter platters in good condition and two shallow dishes and a piece of ?boar's tusk.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Note found boxed with 1951.344.6 A-C: 'Fragments of large dish much broken. 14 1/2 in acco? Part set Pewter Service Abington Pigotts ?midsummer ?Pigott 1883'
Event Date 1883
Author: Lily Pencliffe


Context (Field collection)
Guilden Morden Hall; Collected in 1883.
Event Date 1883
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
See Liversidge for results of spectrographic analysis of the pewter.
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Liversidge, Joan. (1959). A New Hoard of Romano-British Pewter from Icklingham.. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol 52. pp. 6-10.
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Boar's tusk.
Event Date 4/7/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe


FM:327209

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