E19 vessel glass
Object NameGlass
Mediumglass
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsMax: 20mm x 15mm
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS066529
About MeMedieval vessel glass is rarely found on archaeological sites in Aberdeen, partially because it is so fragile that it decays quickly in the ground. This fragment was found at the site of the Aberdeen Carmelite friary. It is a rim of a vessel in yellowish-white translucent glass with 9 parallel lines of cream enamel decoration. It may have been from a small standing dish or tazza, but it is difficult to determine from this small fragment (scale is millimetres). Glass vessels like this are in a Venetian tradition and were probably imported into Aberdeen from the Netherlands in the 17th century.
13th - 14th Century
12th-early 20th Century
13th - 16th century
13th - 16th century
late 13C
late 13th Century
12th-14th Century
1870
