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Unique ID: HAMP-5ED82F
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of Post-Medieval German salt-glazed stoneware vessel, probably a bottle, and with a double-looped handle. The fragment conists of the neck only and one loop of the handle.
The fragment has an applied scene to the front of the neck and the sides, depicting a male and female, each beneath an arch, toasting each other. Beneath their arms are the initials H.L.
Both arches are decorated with a wavy line. At one end is a column while at the other, where they meet, is a short horizontal section with an intricate possible inverted fleur-de-lis above. The male has small dots on his head, presumably representing tight curls, and a moustache. The face is in profile but the body faces forwards, dressed in a short sleeved tunic with buttons down the centre and a longer-sleeved garment underneath. The female figure is likewise in porfile and with forward-facing body. She wears a cap on her head with a full short-sleeved dress and longer-armed garment underneath.
The complete open end of the vessel, slightly oval in shape, measures 41.37x44.91mm (internal 32.52x35.30mm). It has a triple-moulded rib below the mouth, at which point the handle extends. The maximum vessel width at this point is c.95mm. At the broken end, the fragment measures 55.97x46.80mm, the walls being c.6.5mm thick. The fragment stands 26.05mm in height and weighs 190g (to the nearest 2g).
The break across the neck is probably at the join with the body, and appears to have a weak point visible in a large inclusion in the cross-section of the break. The glazed outer surface beyond has cracked at this point.
Lorraine Mepham (Wessex Archaeology) comments "I'm not sure whether this is Cologne ware or Frechen ware - the colouring and rim form looks more like Frechen, but the double handle seems to be more charactersitsic of Cologne. But whichever, it is 16th century in date". Similar figures inside arches can be seen on an example from Cologne (Gaimster, D; 1997 German Stoneware 1200-1900, p.196-7, no.34). This has a silver gilt lid with thumb lever.
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Quantity: 1
Height: 26.05 mm
Width: 95 mm
Weight: 190 g
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Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3435
Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed
4 Figure: TQ3078
Four figure Latitude: 51.4860175
Four figure longitude: -0.12909005
1:25K map: TQ3078
1:10K map: TQ37NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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