Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum

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Edited by Sonja Marzinzik. With contributions from Ian C. Freestone, Michael J. Hughes and Colleen P. Stapleton This definitive book on Anglo-Saxon glass by major scholars in the field is the first monograph to be published on the subject. It focuses not only on the British Museum collection but provides a detailed discussion of the various types of early Anglo-Saxon glass (vessels, plus gems, beads and window glass), placing it in its English context, but also drawing widely on Continental and Scandinavian early medieval glass. This is complemented by new scientific and technological research on early-medieval glass making in England, on the Continent and in the Mediterranean. The illustrated catalogue also provides information on provenances, collectors and excavators, plus distribution maps and a gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon glass. Acknowledgements v Discussion 1 Introduction 1 Manufacture and chronology 1 Chronology 1 Techniques of manufacture 2 Decoration 3 Colour 3 Provenance of vessels and other glass in the collection 3 Earlier finds 3 Later finds 6 Glass production in Anglo-Saxon England 7 Chemical analysis 8 Discussion of vessel types 9 Bowls 9 Cone beakers 11 Horns 12 Stemmed beaker 13 Bell beakers 13 Claw beakers 13 Palm cups 15 Globular beakers 16 Pouch bottles 19 Bag beakers 19 Fragments of unidentifiable vessels 20 Vessel rim fragments used as beads 20 Large disc beads 21 Pendants and other glass items 23 Small glass settings 28 The Composition and Production of Anglo-Saxon Glass / Ian C. Freestone, Michael J. Hughes and Colleen P. Stapleton 29 Introduction 29 Analysis 31 Results and interpretation 32 Bibliography 42 Tables 44 Catalogue 47 Bowls (cat. nos 1–18) 47 Cone beakers (cat. nos 19–46) 49 Horns (cat. nos 47–48) 52 Stemmed beaker (cat. no. 49) 52 Bell beakers (cat. nos 50–56) 52 Claw beakers (cat. nos 57–85) 53 Palm cups (cat. nos 86–103) 58 Globular beakers (cat. nos 104–155) 60 Pouch bottles (cat. nos 156–160) 66 Bag beakers (cat. nos 161–165) 67 Fragments of unidentifiable vessels (cat. nos 166–173) 67 Rim fragments used as beads (cat. nos 174–179) 68 Large disc beads (cat. nos 180–204) 68 Pendants and other glass items (cat. nos 205–229) 70 Appendices 73 1: Provenance of Anglo-Saxon glass in the British Museum 73 2: Disc beads and cabochon pendants with reticella trails from Anglo-Saxon England 73 3: Analyses of the metal components of a silver cross pendant from Gravesend / Duncan R. Hook, The British Museum 74 4: List of glass vessels from Anglo-Saxon England AD 400–700 74 Bibliography 79 Distribution maps 87 Plates 129