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1884.70.36

Copper alloy toilet set.

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1884.70.36

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper alloy toilet set.
Long description
Copper alloy toilet set comprising a set of tweezers, an ear coop and nail cleaner. All three items are connected by a rivet and would have formerly moved on a pivot. Mounted in a glass-toped box with tweezers 1884.70.35.
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Roman
Date collected
1866 Nov 26
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 57 mm, Width: max 34 mm, Thick: max 3 mm, Weight 4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.70.36
Research and responses

Pitt Rivers excavated part of London Wall in October - December 1866, other items in the collection excavated at this site are dated January 1867. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]

Associated publications
Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

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