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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:JOS.1113 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name flagon Title The Child's Grave Description A Roman flagon (Déchelette 60 type) with a fine off-white fabric and yellow-green glaze. The body is globular in shape, with a pedestalled foot. There is moulded decoration with motifs known as: 'corded cigars' set between festoons whose terminals end in rosettes. 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: 150.00 mm diameter: 100.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:JOS.1113
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

flagon
Title

The Child's Grave
Description

A Roman flagon (Déchelette 60 type) with a fine off-white fabric and yellow-green glaze. The body is globular in shape, with a pedestalled foot. There is moulded decoration with motifs known as: 'corded cigars' set between festoons whose terminals end in rosettes. 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