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Description: | Twelve ceramic wheel-thown probable rim sherds of Severn Valley ware, dating from the 2nd-4th century AD (varied thickness; collective weight: exceeds weight limit of scales). Severn Valley ware has a hard, fine-textured fabric, typically brown or reddish-orange at the surface and sometimes with a grey core (particularly in the thicker parts), although some of these sherds are an exception in this case. The fabric is slightly micaceous with little visible temper, but coarser ??gritted?? (with sand, grog and clay pellets as well as a little iron ore) or vesicular (?burnt organic) variants known. Surfaces are usually burnished and mostly wheel-thrown. Severn Valley comes in a variety of forms including storage jars, bead-rim jars, wide mouthed jars, bowls, tankards, flanged bowls, dishes/ platters and lids. This ware flourishes in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and continues into the 4th century. There area a number of kiln sites dating to the 2nd/ 3rd century at Alkington, Glos; Ledbury, Herefordshire; Wroxeter, Salop; Bransford, Worcs; Great Malvern, Worcs and Malvern Link, Worcs. Tyers, P, 1996, ??Roman Pottery in Britain??, pages 197-99. | 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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