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.
Author(s): Vera I. Evison
Series: British Museum Research Publications, 167
Publisher: The British Museum
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 148
City: London
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
