NHER 18897 (Find Spot record) - Urn of unknown date

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Summary

A metal urn of unknown date was found before 1830. In the early 19th century it was suggested that the urn may have been 'Boadicea's chamberpot'!

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish MARTHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Pre 1830.
Location not given, but context may suggest found at Martham.
Reference in (S1).
2 manuscripts in NRO, copies in file.
Metal urn, pot-bellied with tapering neck and two handles attached with engraved letters CV; coated in 'arguo'.
Suggested by Porter in (S1), apparently in all seriousness, as Boadicea's chamberpot.
A. Gregory (NAU) states he cannot identify date from drawing but it is worth recording.
Informant [1] identifies it as '19th century Birmingham for the Bengal market' but pre 1830 would make this unlikely.
However, from the tone of the manuscript it could be a complete fraud.
E. Rose (NAU) 8 March 1983.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Porter, R.. 1830. The Polite village of Martham. 1.
  • URN (Undated)

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Record last edited

May 1 2006 1:19PM

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