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Description: | Four ceramic wheel-thrown rim sherds of orange-coloured Derbyshire ware (thickness ranging from 7.6mm - 12.2mm; collective weight: 25.11g). These sherds have an extremely hard, gritty fabric with a pimply surface ('like goose-flesh petrified'), with colour varying on most sherds from dark blue-grey to brick-red, sometimes with an irregular presence of these colours throughout the fabrics.The typical form of this 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 ware. 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, pages 190-1).
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