23èmes Rencontres A.F.A.Verre - Communications (17 - 19 octobre 2008)

EARLY MOULD-BLOWN VESSEL GLASS FOUND IN LONDON
Jennifer PRICE et Angela WARDLE

The decorated mould-blown vessel fragments from London to be considered in this paper come from the Museum of London and the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre and the Prehistory and Europe Department of the British Museum. Some of the pieces came into the collections in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but the majority have been found in archaeological work in the city in the past fifty to sixty years. Several drinking vessel forms (cups, beakers, small bowls) have been recognised, as well as some larger vessels, probably bowls or jugs, and these are decorated with a wide range of designs. Some of the groups, such as the series of sports cups, the convex bowls with ribs and the conical beakers with oval bosses, are already well-known, while others are more unusual in the western provinces, or have received less attention. Although very fragmentary, the finds from London make a useful contribution to the refinement of the chronology and the study of the distribution of early mould-blown vessel glass.

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