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Description: | A highly vitrified and over-fired base and side Black Ware sherd (44mm x 57.1mm x 28.1mm; thickness: 11.5mm; weight: 39.97g). By firing to such a high temperature, the clay seems to have melted with the surface blistering, and the vessel has effctively become a stoneware. The sherd is most likely to be a fragment of kiln waste, dating to the late 16th - early 18th century.Black wares are essentially a soft to hard-fired thrown earthenware, and in this case, has a grey fabric colour. The lead glaze probably draws iron from the body, which gives the dark colour. Black wares are typically in the form of small cups, with production centres in North Staffordshire (at Hanley and Burslem) as well as Midlands production taking place at Wednesbury, Ticknall etc).This find was found with records WMID-467B61, WMID-46E6C5, WMID-4748D7, WMID-47DA27, WMID-482097, WMID-495752, WMID-49BD47, WMID-4A18A8, WMID-4A77C8 & WMID-5EC7C6.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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