{"id":436,"date":"2015-09-11T05:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T03:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archeologia.t33.pl\/2015\/09\/11\/dzial-zbiorow-gdanskich\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T10:09:28","slug":"dzial-zbiorow-gdanskich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archeologia.you2.pl\/en\/dzialy-merytoryczne-opisy\/dzial-zbiorow-gdanskich\/","title":{"rendered":"Gda\u0144sk Archaeology Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History of the collection<\/strong><\/p>

The Gdansk Archaeology Collection Research Unit was set up in 1993 by creating a distinct collection from some of the existing holdings of the Medieval and Post-Medieval Department.<\/p>

The aim of the Unit (now renamed the Gda\u0144sk Archaeology Collection) was to collect materials from Gda\u0144sk\u2019s historic city centre (within the bounds of the its post-medieval fortifications), dating from the early medieval to post-medieval period.<\/p>

The growth of the collection<\/strong><\/p>

From an initial 10,600 catalogued entries, the collection has grown to nearly 200,000 catalogued artefacts thanks to the large number of excavations the Museum has carried out in Gda\u0144sk.<\/p>

The oldest objects date from the 11th\u201313th centuries and were excavated at Gda\u0144sk\u2019s early medieval stronghold and its adjacent craftworking settlement, and at a cemetery site located near the present-day Dominican Church of St Nicholas.<\/p>

The bulk of the collection consists of artefacts from the medieval chartered town of Gda\u0144sk (14th\u201317th century), which were recovered from excavations in the Old Town (Stare Miasto), Granary Island (Wyspa Spichrz\u00f3w), Long Gardens (D\u0142udie Ogrody), and in smaller numbers from sites in the Main Town (G\u0142\u00f3wne Miasto) and Old Suburb (Stare Przedmie\u015bcie).<\/p>

A wealth of artefacts<\/strong><\/p>

The collection boasts a large assemblage of local and regional pottery as well as a significant quantity of imported ceramics: proto-stoneware and stoneware, mainly from the Rhineland and Saxony, and faience from today\u2019s Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Other notable ceramic finds include a large assemblage of ceramic building materials in the form of stove tiles.<\/p>

We also have a sizeable assortment of metalwork in our collection. It includes various types of metal building materials (hinges, hooks, fittings, hasps, etc.), tools and equipment (hammers, planes, drills, saws, pronged fishing spears, axes, chisels, etc.), items of everyday household use (knives, spoons, padlocks, metal vessels, candlesticks) as well as weapons and horse riding accessories (spurs, arrowheads, crossbow bolts, spearheads, fragments of protective wear such as chainmail and armour, and a few daggers and fragments of swords and cutlasses).<\/p>

Metal ornaments and dress accessories are a spectacular highlight of the collection. Unfortunately, most of them are made of brass and tin, in other words metals that were meant to imitate gold and silver. Among these items there are finger rings, chains, brooches, buckles and belt fittings. This category of artefacts also includes one of Europe\u2019s largest assemblages of pewter pilgrim badges from virtually every shrine in medieval Europe.<\/p>

We have also amassed a substantial array of leatherwork, including medieval and post-medieval footwear and fragments from articles such as pouches, bags, protective cases and book covers.<\/p>

The collection also features an interesting group of items made of bone and antler, such as combs, toilet accessories, gaming pieces and dice.<\/p>

Glass artefacts are relatively modestly represented in the collection, in particular glass fineware such as rummers, beakers, goblets and carafes, which were widespread by the 16th century. Most of the examples in our collection are fragmentary and were made in forest glassworks in Central Europe and workshops in the Low Countries (Antwerp) and even Italy (Venice).<\/p>

Contact<\/strong><\/p>

Gda\u0144sk Archaeology Collection
Agnieszka Ruta \u2013 kierownik
a.ruta@archeologia.pl
<\/a>tel. +48 58 305 44 10 ext. 40<\/p>

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\"01dg\"
1. Single-sided bone\/antler comb, 11th\u201312th century.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>

\"02dg\"2. Silvered bronze temple ring with S-shaped finial, 11th\u201312th century.<\/p>

\"03dg\"3. Amber cross, 11th\u201312th century.<\/p>

\"04dg\"4. Double-sided bone\/antler comb with decorated central plate, 13th century.<\/p>

\"05dg\"5. Early medieval pottery from the Gda\u0144sk stronghold, 12th century.<\/p>

\"06dg\"<\/p>

6. Penannular brass brooch, 1200\u20131250.<\/p>

\"07dg\"7. Tin pendant with a depiction of a saint, early 13th century.<\/p>

\"08dg\"8. Lunula \u2013 crescent-shaped pewter pendant, early 13th century.<\/p>

\"09dg\"9. Pewter ring inscribed with the words AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA, 14th\u201315th century.<\/span><\/p>

\"10dg\"10. Iron key to a casket, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"11dg\"11. Stoneware Jacobakanne jug from Siegburg, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"12dg\"12. Greyware pipkin, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"13dg\"13. Stave-built wooden bowl, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"14dg\"14. Wooden patten with decorated leather upper, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"15dg\"15. Fragment of Moorish-style lusterware faience plate, import from Spain, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"16dg\"16. Fragment of stove tile with a depiction of the Madonna and Child, c. 1550.<\/p>

\"17dg\"17. Decorated brass belt buckle, 1450\u20131500.<\/p>

\"18dg\"18. Pewter engagement brooch with a clasped hands design, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"19dg\"19. Openwork brass brooch, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"20dg\"20. Book corner piece depicting an eagle, cut from a sheet of brass, 14th\u201315th century.<\/p>

\"21dg\"21. Glazed stove tile with a rosette motif, late 15th\u201316th century.<\/p>

\"22dg\"22. Terracotta figurine of the Madonna and Child, 15th\u2013early 16th century.<\/p>

\"23dg\"23. Reconstructed stoneware jug with funnel-shaped neck, Siegburg, 1550\u20131600.<\/p>

\"24dg\"24. Set of glazed pottery vessels (pot, jug, bowl and pipkin); late 15th\u201316th century.<\/p>

\"25dg\"25. Decorated flute glass, 15th century.<\/p>

\"26dg\"26. Leather bag flap richly decorated with figural motifs, mid-15th century.<\/p>

\"27dg\"27. Leather shoe of the bear\u2019s paw type; 1500\u20131550.<\/p>

\"28dg\"28. Small spring scissors made of iron, 16th century.<\/p>

\"29dg\"29. Pivoted scissors made of iron, 16th\u201317th century.<\/p>

\"30dg\"30. Tin spoon with decorated handle and maker\u2019s mark, 17th century.<\/p>

\"31dg\"31. Iron knife with decorative handle, 16th century.<\/p>

\"32dg\"32. Hanseatic-type tin jug with lid, 16th century.<\/p>

\"033dg\"33. Rectangular iron padlock, 16th\u201317th century.<\/p>

\"34dg\"34. Brass barrel spigot with cockerel-shaped tap, 15th\u201317th century.<\/p>

\"35dg\"35. Lead cloth seal with textile fragment, 17th century.<\/p>

\"36dg\"36. Lead token featuring the coat of arms of Gda\u0144sk, 1565.<\/p>

\"37dg\"37. Brass candlewick trimmer, 17th century.<\/p>

\"38dg\"38. Stove tile decorated with a hunting scene, late 16th\u201317th century.<\/p>

\"39dg\"39. Faience plate with an image of a man\u2019s head, import from the Low Countries, 1550\u20131600.<\/p>

\"40dg\"40. Werra ware painted bowl, import from Germany or Holland; 1580\u20131650.<\/p>

\"41dg\"41. Fragment of stoneware jug from Westerwald, 16th\u201317th century.<\/p>

\"42dg\"42. Two-handled pipkin, Dutch import; 1600\u20131700.<\/p>

\"43dg\"43. Redware olive oil jug, import from Portugal, 15th\u201316th century.<\/p>

\"44dg\" 44. Cylindrical, footed glass painted with coloured enamels, 1634.<\/p>

\"45dg\"45. Decorated leather book cover, 16th\u201317th century. <\/p> <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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