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Research partnerships with the British Museum: Samian ware from Pudding Pan. Michael Walsh University of Southampton. Thomas Pownall in 1778. Reported: “…a very peculiar kind of red earthenware found amidst the cottage furniture of the fishermen of the Kentish coast…” At “Pan Speck” : - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Research partnerships with the British Museum: Samian ware from Pudding PanMichael WalshUniversity of Southampton
Thomas Pownall in 1778Reported:a very peculiar kind of red earthenware found amidst the cottage furniture of the fishermen of the Kentish coastAt Pan Speck : His brother recovered, through trawling, half a hundredweight of brickwork cemented together, some small pieces of broken pans and then three entire pans
AimsTo identify the extent of the recovered assemblageTo establish what the assemblage represents? To establish what, if anything, remains buried?
Various theoriesSubmerged Pharos or navigation markerSubmerged pottery manufactoryStamps of Atillianus Submerged town Jettisoned cargo Shipwreck Votive deposit
Public institutions83 institutions contacted22 museums did not respond (11 overseas)Visited 21 museums5 other museums provided detailsAlso identified 9 private collectors and recorded 7 collections
Largest collectionsWhitstable Museum 119 samian vessels including 2 lamps, 2 mortariaBritish Museum 103 samian vessels, 1 African RS, 2 roof tilesMaidstone Museum 41 samian vessels, 1 terra rubra cup, 2 roof tilesSwansea Museum 29 samian vesselsLiverpool Museum 27 samian vessels, coarse ware fragments
British Museum collectionPrehistoric and Europe have two samian collections:A sherd collection from their own excavations at Stonea (published) and Mucking (soon to be published)a haphazard but broad national coverageA complete vessel collection - comprising Pudding Pan and Colchester, which is one of the largest collections of complete vessels in the country
AnalysisTo identify and record vessel type and potterTo record vessel dimensionsTo identify pre- and post-manufacturing marks To analyse wear, damage and marine growth
Biographies of the vesselsWhen did current owners acquire pots?How many collections had vessels passed through?When were vessels originally recovered?Has recovery decreased or altered since perceived peak?Is there a cyclical recovery?
Dates at which pots first entered museum collections and dates of publications(Red columns denote known recovery dates)
Pots & papers
2
19
0
0
1
37
8
9
0
1
1
1
1
5
2
0
1
3
0
0
1
5
4
3
0
123
56
0
51
5
6
1
28
8
1
9
8
6
0
1
75
1
1
14
2
4
4
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
3
11
0
1
28
0
18
1
No. of vessels
Year
No. of vessels
Walsh
Sealey & Tyers
Porter
McDonald
Singer
Smith CR
Brent
Jacob & Keate
Pownall
Spurrell
Payne
Smith RA
Smith RA
Page
Pots & papers data
First recordedNo. of vesselsAccessionPub. datesAuthor
17732British Museum (Rhudde)1778Pownall
177619Liverpool (Faussett);1782Jacob & Keate
1778Pownall1861Brent
1782Jacob & Keate1877Smith C R
18101British Museum1885Spurrell
181437British Museum (Townley)1887Payne
185381907Smith R A
185691909Smith R A
1861Brent1932Page
18611Kelvingrove (Guildhall)1972Singer
18621Kelvingrove (Guildhall)1977McDonald
18641National Museum of Wales1978Porter
18651British Museum (Guildhall)1989Sealey & Tyers
186851999Walsh
18702British Museum (Gibbs)2002Walsh
1877Smith CR
18821
18843Herne Bay
1885Spurrell
1887Payne
18921Cambridge University Mus. Of Arch. & Anth.
19015
19034
19063Maidstone (Donaldson)
1907Smith RA
1907123Smith R (5 Bethnal Green (MoL); 2 Guildhall; 12 Liverpool; 19 Canterbury; 5 Maidstone; 7 SoA; 2 Christ Church; 3 Pitt-Rivers; 2 Alnwick; 1 Ashmolean; 1 Dorset; 25 GMA; 14 SE; 4 JWH; 8 WH; 12 FGHP; 3 VCB
19085639 Swansea (Saunders); 10 British Museum (Saunders); 7 Guildhall (Saunders); Saunders
1909Smith RA
1909514 British Museum (Smith E); 39 Smith R (18 Guildhall; 4 JWH; 1 CUMAA; 1 Kingston; 5 LA; 1 MB; 1 PH; 9 FJS; 1 JS; 2 CW
19105
19116
19121
192028British Museum (Guildhall)
19218Maidstone
19231
19269Manchester (Sharp Ogden)
19278
19306
1932Page
19341Museum of London
19377572 Whitstable (Holden); 3 British Museum (Smith R)
19381
19391
194014Whitstable collector (RA)
19482Herne Bay (Tester)
19504
19514Cambridge University Mus. Of Arch. & Anth. (DeCourcy)
19581Herne Bay
19601Museum of London
19612
1972Singer
19771
1977McDonald
1978Porter
19811Museum of London
19862Marine Archaeological Survey
19873Fisherman B
198811
1989Sealey & Tyers
19931
199728Fishermen A & C
1999Walsh
20011812 Whitstable (Harvey); 5 Roman Shipwreck Project
20021
Total576
Comparison of forms recovered before 1885 and after 1950
Rf forms 1885-1950
3.6053130931.33333333330
6.6413662239810.8108108108
2.08728652752.66666666674.0540540541
0.759013282700
1.89753320681.33333333331.3513513514
11.005692599614.666666666713.5135135135
1.51802656551.33333333332.7027027027
23.90891840611620.2702702703
2.84629981025.33333333331.3513513514
0.948766603400
1.70777988615.33333333331.3513513514
22.201138519917.333333333321.6216216216
15.370018975318.666666666721.6216216216
0.37950664141.33333333330
2.656546489641.3513513514
0.379506641400
2.08728652752.66666666670
Assemblage
Pre-1885
Post-1950
Dragendorff/Ludowici/Walters/Curle forms (Bet & Delor 2000)
Percentage (%)
Pros and consProsFriendly, helpful staffAccess to display materialAccess to accession recordsFunding from Friends of the British Museum particularly the Townley group
Pros and consConsResponses can take a long time Some museums allegedly with PP material didnt respondCant be too specific Poor lighting conditions for photography without flash