The Roman Pewter-Moulds from Silchester

Blagg, T. F. C.; Read, Susan

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“…As highlighted earlier, pewter moulds have been found on the forum-basilica site at Silchester (Blagg and Read 1977;Fulford and Timby 2000: 576) and at the baths site in Gloucester (Heighway and Garrod 1980: 78). Poulton and Scott (1993) have discussed the ritual significance of pewter artefacts and their possible use as status items as represented in their hoarding; this is part of a growing literature concerning the deposition of metalwork and other non-functional uses of metal items in the Roman period (e.g.…”

Section: The Symbolic Meaning Of Metalworkingmentioning

confidence: 65%

“…Lead pigs with stamps cease after the mid-second century but this may simply suggest that industries were now in private hands (Tylecote 1962). From around A.D. 250 onwards, however, lead was also needed for the manufacture of pewter (Beagrie 1989: 175;Brown 1976: 25-26), the moulds for which have been found in the forum-basilica at Silchester (Blagg and Read 1977;Fulford and Timby 2000: 576) and within the bath building at Gloucester (Heighway and Garrod 1980: 78). Bronze-working, which would have needed lead and tin, for casting, has also been identified on a number of public building sites including the demolished Exeter forum-basilica (Bidwell 1979: 110-111), the Ridingate in Canterbury (Blockley 1986) and the forum-basilica in Wroxeter (Atkinson 1942;White and Barker 1998: 117).…”

Section: Metal Production In Roman Britainmentioning

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Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain

Rogers¹

2005

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain

Rogers¹

2005

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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“…It is similar to those discovered in 1892 during the excavation of the forum-basilica and Insula IV. 27 Both pits were associated with coins of 270-80. Also of this period, but unstratified, is one half of a mould for casting copies of a coin of Tetricus II and likely, therefore, to date c. 270-80.…”

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Excavations on the Sites of the Amphitheatre and Forum-Basilica at Silchester, Hampshire: an Interim Report

Fulford¹

1985

Antiq. J.

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A research excavation was commenced on the site of the basilica which forms the western side of the forum of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hants) in IQ80. Its aim is to examine the Late Iron Age and early Roman occupation which, despite extensive Victorian excavations, was preserved beneath the masonry basilica. So far there is evidence of the Iron Age sequence dating back to the last quarter of the first century B.C.; it ends with the construction of a palisade dating to about the time of the Roman conquest. Two major phases of Roman timber building have been recorded, of which the later consists of a large basilica, interpreted as part of a forum-basilica and of Flavian date. The masonry basilica dates to the early second century. From the mid third until the later fourth century the basilica was given over to metalworking. The amphitheatre, with its well-preserved earthen seating banks, was first constructed during the third quarter of the first century A.D., when the seating, arena wall and entrance passages were built of timber. After several phases of repair the arena wall and entrance passages were rebuilt in stone in the first half of the third century. The full plan of this phase has been recovered; it consists of two opposing entrances on the long axis and two apsidal recesses on the short axis. The monument enjoyed a brief period of reuse in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.

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“…The others are inner or outer moulds for casting plates or dishes. 106 Another mould was recovered from a pit during recent excavations in the Basilica. 107 The mould was broken and showed signs of having been burnt.…”

Section: St Just In Penwith Cornwallmentioning

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The Romano-British Pewter Industry

Beagrie¹

1989

Britannia

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Since the first general survey of the Romano-British Pewter Industry, published by Wedlake in his report on the excavations at Camerton in 1958, important further work has been done on the typology and distribution of pewter plates and dishes by Christopher Peal, and on the manufacture and typology of pewter vessels in a number of specialist reports. The present author first became interested in the Roman pewter industry whilst researching the development of the early tin industry of South-West England and has undertaken a reassessment of the evidence for the composition, distribution, manufacture and dating of Roman pewter in the light of recent research and examination of unpublished finds in museums.

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The Roman Pewter-Moulds from Silchester

Cited by 43 publications

References 2 publications

Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain

Metalworking and Late Roman Power: A Study of Towns in Late Roman Britain

Excavations on the Sites of the Amphitheatre and Forum-Basilica at Silchester, Hampshire: an Interim Report

The Romano-British Pewter Industry

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