LIN-94CA43: Medieval ceramic vessel; face pot

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

View Zoom

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

VESSEL

Unique ID: LIN-94CA43

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a Medieval green-glazed jug. The fragment is the upper part of a double handle, shaped in the form of a human face. The face has two large circular bands for each eyes, the outer one in a rope-like form and the inner one thicker and plain. The nose is missing. The mouth area is very worn and difficult to determine. There is a horizontal groove set into a moulded upturned semi-circle. The groove is probably the mouth and the semi-circle the moustache. The moustache is grooved diagonally to depict a beard, however there is also a beard area beneath it leaving a concave oval in the centre, which is the other candidate for the mouth. There are two broken oval handles below decorated with three vertical rows of dashes. The fabric is mid grey and grit tempered. The surface of the face is covered with a mottled light green/brown glaze.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 78 mm
Width: 72 mm
Thickness: 15 mm

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Aswarby and Swarby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0639
Four figure Latitude: 52.937939
Four figure longitude: -0.424212
1:25K map: TF0639
1:10K map: TF03NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: LIN-9480B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Fragment of a Medieval green-glazed jug. The fragment is in the form of a human face which probably was attached to the rim or the handle of …
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: LIN-D45FE7
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Fragment from a medieval green-glazed vessel. The fragment is part of a decorative handle or rim in the form of a human face. Only the mouth…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: LIN-DE3686
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Handle from a large medieval jug. The rim is a dark grey fabric with very fine inclusions, possibly grit or quartz. The handle is vertically…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.