Record ID: PUBLIC-6C9AED
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A rim sherd of a wheel thrown Roman ceramic vessel, dating from the third to fourth century AD. The sherd is part of a shallow flanged dish. The fabric is a fine, slightly sandy clay, fully oxidised resulting in an orangey-red colour, characteristic of Oxford Colour Coated Ware. The grey core is very clearly visible at the broken ends of the sherd. The fabric is hard, but the surface has a soft and powdery feel. The Oxford region was producing this type of pottery between c. AD 240-350. The sherd measures :- Length 68.2mm, Height 28.55 and thickness 9.15mm at the rim and 27.18mm a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-6BD816
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post medieval foot from a cooking vessel such as a cauldron dating to the period c. AD 1200 - 1700. The foot is trapezoidal in cross-section with a central mid-rib flanked on either side by two shallow ribs. The top of the foot is slightly curved and forms the inside surface of the cauldron. It tapers along its length into a slightly rounded tip. The vessels to which these were attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa AD 1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003) 15, state 'there is evidence that (cast copper allo…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: NLM-6B997B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable vessel repair patch. A rectangular fragment of beaten sheet metal which is folded in half, here taken to have clasped a split vessel rim. A pierced fixing hole of diameter 2.3mm appears immediately adjacent to the long edge on one side. Stamped letters and numerals appear on the other: the number 1174 is rendered in heavily seriffed characters, with three or four partially visible letters above: the last is probably L. The impression is of an official, possibly governmental or military, marking of equipment. The style of numbers may point to an early 18th-century…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-6A2516
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Everted and thickened rim sherd of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel with external sooting. Diameter c.170mm. Weight 20.02g. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th November 2018
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Record ID: SUR-66EF14
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large cast copper alloy foot from a late Medieval to Post Medieval cooking vessel, probably a large cauldron. The foot has a prominent central rib and projecting toe and two flanking toes of which one has been lost. The reverse is flat.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: SUR-66D8DE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven fragments of Post Medieval cooking vessels comprising: A cauldron rim fragment, 56.6mm by 48.2mm and 4.8mm thick. A cauldron rim fragment 61.0mm by 25mm and 7.0mm thick. A posnet or skillet (?) rim fragment 33.8mm by 28.9mm and 2.5mm thick. A small rim fragment 24.3mm by 16.8mm and 6.0mm thick. A curved body sherd 43.4mm by 27.6mm and 2.1mm thick. Two fragments of small pot feet.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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