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Description: | An un-diagnostic sherd from the base - or possibly a lid of a relatively thin walled glazed earthenware vessel; not enough survives to indicate the form or overall size. The sherd is most likely to date from the post medieval period (1600 - 1750). It is irregular in plan and curved in profile. The sherd consists of a rounded foot (or possibly lid) to which an applied disc of glazed white clay has been attached. The fabric is a relatively hard fired earthenware with a number of small angular and sub-angular black grit and grog inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. The colour of the fabric is a uniform mid brown red colour with the outer surface being glazed. The glaze is a mid brown green colour and has been abraded and deteriorated in the soil. The small applied disc of clay seems to be pipe clay and has been glazed an off yellow colour. The disc has a pattern or mark on it which consists of three vertical elements (possibly agricultural tools) arranged around a circular design, possibly a scallop shell or radiating sun. The applied disc measures 14.5mm diameter. Not enough of the vessel survives to suggest the size or form. The applied disc at the base makes the object unstable - hence the suggestion it was some form of lid. The foot (?) of the object to which the disc is applied has a diameter of 28.6mm. The side walls are 7.7mm.The sherd measures: 35.4mm in length, 44.7mm width, is 21.2mm thick and weighs 19.93 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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