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Description: | Rim sherd of a thin walled (thick rimmed) Midlands Purple Ware pottery vessel, probably a jug or storage jar of post medieval date (1600 - 1700). This sherd is relatively fresh with broken edges. The fabric of the sherd is a very hard earthenware with a number of small rounded and sub-angular grit and quartz inclusions. There is also a high proportion of mica and sand like grains present in the fabric. The fabric colour is mid grey purple and the inner and outer surfaces of both sherds are a mottled purple grey. The inner surface may have been burnished as it is very smooth in comparison to the outer face. The outer surface may have had a salt glaze applied due to the presence of a slight shiny pitted surface. The outer face has also been decorated with a series of applied ridges, these have been applied by hand and the finger marks / impressions are probably in a crude pattern / decoration. The diameter of the vessel can be estimated from the curvature of the rim; this is approximately 280mm (28cm). There is not enough of the body of the pot surviving to give an estimation of the depth or overall form/shape of the vessel. The sherd measures 56.8mm length, 52.8mm width, is 10.8mm thick and the side wall is 4.2mm thick. The sherd weighs 37.7 grams.
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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