Lot 114
114
A ROMAN GREEN GLASS JAR WITH WOVEN WOOD AND LEATHER CONTAINER
AN ANGLO-SAXON GLASS PALM CUP

CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

Details
AN ANGLO-SAXON GLASS PALM CUP
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Found in the Cabourne area, Lincolnshire, in the summer of 2005.
Registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. no. LIN-E8F0C7.
Antiquities; Bonhams, London, 27 April 2006, lot 286 (part).

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Lot Essay

This fine glass palm cup was found in Lincolnshire as part of a burial group comprising of a Coptic bronze bowl and other iron implements, thought to be the possessions of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon woman.
For a similar glass palm cup excavated in the King's Field cemetery in Faversham, Kent, and now in the British Museum, cf. inv. no. 1922,0512.5.

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