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lamp; cresset lamp

Accession number: 12756
Collection place: Oxfordshire
Production date: Saxo-Norman; 10th-mid 11th century
Material: ceramic
Measurements: H 92 mm; DM 140 mm
Museum Section: Medieval
Summary: Late Saxon shelly ware cresset lamp (with mount).
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Anglo-Saxon and early Medieval.
Sub-category: Late Saxon Shelly.

Related publications

Vince, Alan; Jenner, Anne, The Saxon and early medieval pottery of London [Finds and environmental evidence] Editor; Vince, Alan; Allen, Patrick Aspects of Saxo-Norman London 2; London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Special Paper 12 London: London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, (1991). Pages: 19-119ISSN ISBN 0903290375 (Object details: p 53 fig 2.26 no 38, published)