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Description: | One Roman pottery base sherd of Derbyshire ware. This sherd has an extremely hard, gritty fabric with a pimply surface (??like goose-flesh petrified??), varying in colour from dark blue-grey to brick-red. The sherd is 30.8mm in length, 26.7mm wide, 11.1mm thick and weighs 7.81g. The typical form of Derbyshire ware is a jar with deep ??bell-mouthed?? rim or rolled rim. Earlier specimens tend to have more lightly moulded rims, but this develops to a deeply dished form by the mid 3rd century. Bowls and dishes are also known in the same fabric. Production commences by the mid 2nd century, but ??pre-Derbyshire?? prototypes at Derby Racecourse kilns date from the early 2nd century AD. Production in the north generally dates from the 3rd century AD. The ware??s distribution is abundant on sites in Derbyshire, with a huge percentage at Little Chester as well as a scatter in the northern frontier zone and some specimens from Wales (Tyers, 1996, 190-1). | 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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