24th April 2011, 06:33 PM
This has been a good thread... a nd shows BAJRs helpful side.. :face-approve:
From Kira... an ex finds supervisor.
A big thanks for this email
From Kira... an ex finds supervisor.
A big thanks for this email
Quote:I am a retired finds supervisor and a frequent reader of BAJR, (not a member), this is why I contact you this way, as I think I can help Simon with the second of his mystery objects.
I recognize that matronly face, we had two very similar ones, in Sandy, Beds 20 years ago. One was buff, the other pale red clay, face only, just as the one depicted.
I think they are Crambeck face/head pots. That would also fit in with the location "up North".
The only picture I can find is on p 39, Plate 15, in the Shire Archaeology Series "Pottery in Roman Britain" by Vivien G. Swan, 3rd ed. 1980. The head forms the neck of the vessel.
The text reads "Face-pot with red painted stripes on the body; the female mask would have been made in a mould, probably a late fourth-century Crambeck product, ht 25.5 cm.(RCHM (Engl); Crown Copyright).
I tried Google Images, but found only a lot of ugly mugs!
Happy Easter!
Kira