Grey speckled stone for smoothing pots [1 of 2]

Collection type: Object
Description: Grey speckled stone for smoothing pots [1 of 2]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Bretagne Quimper
Cultural groups: French
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1874
Date collected: 1879 January
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Stone
Dimensions: Length: max 95 mm, Width: max 48 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.36.3 Other numbers: 126 PR no.: ? 126/ 9014
Research and responses: The inclusion of this item in the green book with the date of February 1879 might suggest that the date in the accession book is wrong and that it should be January 1879. If so, this object could have been obtained by Pitt Rivers during his 2 visits to Brittany in October - November 1878 and March - April 1879 [Bowden, 1991: 86-7][Chapman, 1981: 410-2] [Thompson, 1977: 61] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]