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Roman pottery candlestick
A fragment of the upper section of a red ware candlestick with an undamaged mouth and a damaged bowl. It preserves a single knop, and was possibly white-slipped.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.214B/14.3
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field III, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1955 / Aug - Sep
Notes: Field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress: 'B' material is from Building VIII. From the Civil Settlement. Cutting CD-EF (cutting 8-8) - in occupation next below humus.
Acquisition
Collected officially, 5/7/1956
Measurements
Material
red ware
Techniques
white slipped
slipped
Ceramic Surface Finish
Location
In store
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