Ceramics
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Ceramics, 1936-11-30 - 1989
Series
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/230
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Dates:
1936-11-30 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Needham Research Institute. For further details on conditions governing access please contact the Librarian at library@nri.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours is available from the Institute's website https://www.nri.cam.ac.uk/the-archive.
File
'Description of the wares' manuscript report by Thompson on prehistoric pottery excavated in Thessaly, 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/4/2/5
Scope and Contents
8 leaves of a handwritten report, authored it is presumed by Maurice Scott Thompson, on the prehistoric pottery excavated by himself and Wace (and Droop) in Thessaly, Greece, between 1908-1910.
The sub headings of the report, entitled 'Description of the Wares', are:
A Unornamented Wares / I Red and Ochre Vases, II. Imitation Urfirniss, III. Late grey ware, IV. True Urfurniss, V. Fine ochre wares, VI. Early red and polished ware, VII. Black polished ware,
B Incised Wares/...
Dates:
1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
These Papers are open for consultation by researchers.
Fonds
Roger Law Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275
Scope and Contents
The title of this archive is somewhat of a misnomer, considering that it incorporates a mix of Roger Law’s own archive, material donated by his long-time collaborator, Peter Fluck; and the corporate archive of Spitting Image Productions Limited (SIPL). However, the vast majority of these items were held in Law’s possession, following the cancellation of the original series of Spitting Image. Ultimately, the archive represents Law’s professional life, from freelance...
Dates:
1946 - 2025
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Sketch and photograph of an archaic Corinthian pan tile from Mycenae, 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/3437/DNGT/4
Scope and Contents
Photographic negative of an archaic decorated Corinthian pan tile from Mycenae which Lisa French showed Dengate in 1974, after he had shown her a similar one that he had put together from fragments which had been excavated from the undersea temple of Apollo at Halieis.
Hand drawn sketch, with measurements, of the Mycenae example.
Regretably, Dengate did not write down the provenance of the Mycenae tile on the sketch.
Dates:
1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
These Papers are open for consultation by researchers.