Jackson, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-7379-7466 and Paynter, S. (2021) Friends, Romans, Puntymen, lend me your irons: The secondary glass industry in Roman Britain. In: Höpken, C., Birkenhagen, B. and Brüggler, M., (eds.) Römische Glasöfen - Befunde, Funde und Rekonstruktionen in Synthese [Roman glass furnaces contexts, finds and reconstructions in synthesis]. Denkmalpflege im Saarland, 11 . Landesdenkmalamt Saarland , Schiffweiler , pp. 253-277. ISBN 9783927856240
Abstract
Even at the edge of the Roman Empire, in Roman Britain, substantial quantities of vessel and window glass were consumed. The glass itself was not made in Britain, but imported to Britain as raw glass chunks, some as cullet, and fully formed objects. This paper will examine the nature of glass working at three workshops dating from the second to fourth century AD at Mancetter-Hartshill/Warwickshire, at Blue Boar Lane/Leicester and at St Algar’s Farm/Somerset. The evidence suggests that although glassworking was relatively widespread in Britain, many sites were predominantly working blue-green glass from re-melted cullet. It appears that only in the very large commercial centres, such as London, was there easier access to imports of raw glass, and perhaps also to more specialised glassworkers.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Landesdenkmalamt Saarland 2021. Reproduced with permission from the copyright holder. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2021 12:13 |
Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2022 14:44 |
Published Version: | https://www.saarland.de/lda/DE/service/publikation... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Landesdenkmalamt Saarland |
Series Name: | Denkmalpflege im Saarland |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181166 |