Medieval Bronze Strap End with Crowned Head of a King

A water-worn stone carving depicting a robed Saint Francis standing beside a peahen or other bird. 848 grams, 20.3 cm



Found in the river Nene, Northamptonshire, UK. Ex Norfolk collection in the early 2000s.

Including glazed vessels of various types: tripod pots, dishes, platters, together with a decorated fragment; chipped and cracked. 4.15 kg total, 14.5-33.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The majority of ceramics here presented are kitchen wares. Usually cooking pots are the most numerous forms in the majority of medieval contexts. They are mostly related to domestic functions, cooking pots being used to boil food or fry it. They come in different sizes and have globular bodies, everted rims and one or two handles. Ceramics from Dundee, Scotland, and Southampton, confirm that one of the most common vessel types employed among 1490-1510 A.D. was the tripod pipkin, with globular body, rounded base, three legs and a single or double handle, like the specimen here visible. These specimens were very often redware pottery imported from the Low Countries.

Composed of glazed and decorated fragmentary vessel fragments. 11.7 kg total including box, 53 x 23.5 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

Bowls similar to the specimen in this group, dated to of the first half of the 17th century, were present in very small numbers in the Oxford excavations of late Medieval and Post Medieval levels. Locally manufactured bowls of the second half of the 17th century were found in large numbers from the various layers, made up of Oxford Type B, with their distinctive angular profiles, dated circa 1650-1690.