Fragmentary terra sigillata cup (La Madeleine), with exterior stamp, Mildenhall, WiltshireAlison E. CooleyAEC/ASHLAN1960.1123.xmlOxfordAshmolean MuseumAN1960.1123AshLI 347
A fragmentaryterra sigillatacup
(0.0130.048), (probably) form Drag. 27 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.125 3b).
The stamp is within a rectangular cartouche (0.0040.018), in the middle of the exterior surface of the base.
0.003La MadeleineAD 130-160 (Hartley and Dickinson 2008: p.125) This fragment was found at Mildenhall in Wiltshire.
According to the Accession Register, it was given to the Ashmolean from the collection of Arthur Dennis Passmore (1877–1958),
an archaeologist and antiquarian from Swindon, who was a member of several scholarly societies,
including the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History and Prehistoric Societies and British Numismatic Society (Phillips 2004). photographphotograph
Buccus
Buccus.
La Madeleine was a small centre for terra sigillata production in eastern Gaul.
Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities MS. Accession Register 1960.1123; Hartley and Dickinson (2008) p.125 3b
HartleyB.R.DickinsonB.M.2008Names on Terra Sigillata. An index of makers’ stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian Ware) Vol. 3 (CERTIANUS to EXSOBANO)BICS Suppl. 102-3LondonPhillips L.2004An Investigation into the Life of A.D. Passmore, “A Most Curious Specimen”Wiltshire Studies Journal97273-92