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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:JOS.1112 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name flagon Title The Child's Grave Description A Roman flagon (Déchelette 62 type) with a fine off-white fabric and yellow-green glaze. The foot is pedestalled and the body is of a piriform shape. There is moulded decoration on the body consisting of what is referred to as: 'corded cigar' and 'circle and arc' motifs, with a continuous corded decoration circling the bottom. The pottery is known as central Gaulish lead-glazed wares. this was a foreign import from Gaul, France, which was found in a high status burial, known as the 'Child's Grave'. Production place Gaul, Central Production date 0043 - 0070 Production period Roman Material ceramic Technique glazing, wheel thrown, moulded Dimensions height: 180.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:JOS.1112
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

flagon
Title

The Child's Grave
Description

A Roman flagon (Déchelette 62 type) with a fine off-white fabric and yellow-green glaze. The foot is pedestalled and the body is of a piriform shape. There is moulded decoration on the body consisting of what is referred to as: 'corded cigar' and 'circle and arc' motifs, with a continuous corded decoration circling the bottom. The pottery is known as central Gaulish lead-glazed wares. this was a foreign import from Gaul, France, which was found in a high status burial, known as the 'Child's Grave'.
Production place

Gaul, Central
Production date

0043 - 0070
Production period

Roman
Material

ceramic
Technique

glazing, wheel thrown, moulded
Dimensions

Details