An unusual pair of Roman bronze vessels from Stoneywood, Aberdeen, and other Roman finds from north-east Scotland

Neil George Westbrook Curtis; Fraser Hunter; D.  Ingemark; M. O'Neill

doi:10.9750/PSAS.136.199.213

An unusual pair of Roman bronze vessels from Stoneywood, Aberdeen, and other Roman finds from north-east Scotland

Neil George Westbrook Curtis
, Fraser Hunter
, D. Ingemark (Collaborator)
, M. O'Neill (Illustrator)

University Collections

National Museums of Scotland

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Abstract

The provenance of two Roman bronze vessels in the collections of Marischal Museum has recently been discovered in the journal of Rev John Skinner’s 1825 Northern Tour. The reliability of this source is discussed, alongside a consideration of the antiquarian networks of the time. The vessels comprise a dipper and strainer set: unusually, the strainer is unfinished, and possible implications of this are considered. An Appendix catalogues other, mostly unpublished, Roman material from north-east Scotland in the Marischal Museum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-213
Number of pages	15
Journal	Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume	136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.136.199.213
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2007

Bibliographical note

The authors would like to thank Lawrence Keppie for drawing attention to Skinner’s visit to the museum in Marischal College, Nick Holmes for advice on the coins, Kathy Eremin for analysis of the vessels, Michelle Gait for help with the archival and printed sources in Aberdeen University, Charles Esson for supplying the references to the Slains coin find, and David Clarke for commenting on the text.

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bronze vessels
Marischal Museum
Rev John Skinner

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An unusual pair of Roman bronze vessels from Stoneywood, Aberdeen, and other Roman finds from north-east Scotland

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