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Description: | Three ceramic 'Black ware' sherds [2 base sherds and 1 body sherd], with a collective weight of 89.91g. A soft to hard-fired earthenware. The firing can affect the fabric colour, which varies from orange and red to dark red or purple, or even grey. These wares are glazed inside and out and are in black in colour due to the lead glaze used which draws the iron from the body, giving the dark colour. These three examples present a dull metallic glazed finish, which is the result of reduction during firing. The only form of decoration visible on two of the sherds is turning, which is used to produce horizontal bands and ridges, particularly on straight-sided vessels.Black wares have there origins in Cisterican wares of the late 15th/ 16th centuries, but the black wares are better finished with smoother surfaces. There are specific deposits found in Staffordshire from the mid 17th century onwards, with a decline in the production and use in the mid 18th century. Black wares are one of the most common types of English post-Medieval pottery, and have a wide distribution in Wales, Yorkshire and eastern England. There are production centres in the Midlands in Wednesbury and Ticknall.
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