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Description: | A small rim sherd of Derbyshire ware (56mm x 25.5mm; thickness: 10.5mm; weight: 24.19g). The sherd is hard and coarsely made with a gritted surface like 'petrified gooseflesh', the colour varying from grey and light-brown to red. The surface texture is due to the presence of silica particles in the local clay (Webster, 1976, page 13). The rim is slightly everted. The sherd is similar to Type B examples of rounded rim jars illustrated in fig 9, page 34 as part of a publication by S. O. Kay titled 'Romano-British Pottery Kilns At Hazelwood & Holbrook, Derbyshire' in the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal (date unknown).
Most examples of Derbyshire ware are bell-mouthed jars and it has been suggested that the rim form was designed to hold a lid. However, no lids have ever been found and Kay suggests that perhaps a stopper was used instead. Derbyshire ware has been dated between 150-350 AD. | Subjects: | Derbyshire ware | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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