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Description: | Rim sherd of a bowl or dish probably dating from the later medieval period (1400-1550). The sherd is irregular in plan and curved in profile. The fabric is a hard fired earthen ware with a number of small angular and sub-angular grit, grog (pottery temper) and quartz inclusions. The fabric also has large amounts of mica within it. The fabric colour is a uniform mid orange brown. The exterior surface has had a white slip applied to it. On the inner part of this sherd is a patchy mid green (copper) glaze. The outer surface of the sherd also has a patchy brown coloured glaze applied to it. All the glazes have been weathered and are suffering from laminating corrosion. It is possible that the green glaze may be similar to that of the Tudor Green Glaze common in the late medieval period. The patchy survival does not allow further investigation. Approximately 14% of the rim survives. From the rim of the sherd a diameter for the pot can be estimated; this would be approximately 14cm. The sherd itself is broken (and has been fixed together) into two parts.
The sherd measures 22.1mm in length, 44.4mm width, maximum thickness (rim) 21.7mm, minimum thickness (body) 6.6mm. Weight 11.35 grams | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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