bowl
- Museum number
- 1871,0704.9
- Description
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Complete example of a convex pewter bowl on a low footring. The exterior surface is plain while the interior is decorated with 20 flutes that run vertically, spiralling towards the central pin stock. The flange is decorated by impressed square beading. The vessel is light-grey and there are some scratches within the interior surface. Four small cuts have been identified on the rim and two deeper knife cuts appear on the exterior wall. The exterior is smooth although there are some deep lines beneath the rim where the vessel appears to have been scraped before hardening. The bowl is not a symmetrical circle and does not sit flat on the footring.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 82 millimetres (rim)
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Height: 32 millimetres
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Weight: 99 grammes
- Curator's comments
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Pewter cup
Lakenheath, Suffolk
4th century AD
This small, decorative vessel has fluted walls and a series of raised beads on the rim. The beads are similar to those found on silver vessels of the same period. The fluted walls are also similar to one of the bowls in the Mildenhall treasure (see case 22).
P&E 1871 7-4 9
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Similar to Lee type 2e variants (2009, 174, Fig 76). An example with both curved internal fluting and raised rim decoration comes from Hockwold-Cum-Wilton (Gurney 1986, 152, fig 93, no 12). Elsewhere plain forms found in the Walbrook (Jones 1983, fig 5), Rivenhall (Rodwell and Rodwell 1993, fig 24), and Chichester (Down 1989, fig 27.7). Paralleled by a pewter vessels with rim decoration without the internal body fluting from Bath (Sunter and Brown 1988b, fig 25) and Dinorben (Savory 1971, fig 11). Thought to occur in late 4th or early 5th century contexts (Lee 2009, 174). (Smith 2011, cat. 05).
- Location
- On display (G49/dc18)
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Acquisition notes
- One of two bowls from Lakenheath purchased in 1871.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1871,0704.9
