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Description: | A base shard of a post medieval ceramic vessel. The shard is 57mm long and 44.5mm wide. Its diameter at the base would have been about 45mm. The vessel has a hard, fine, dark brownish red fabric. It has a thick brown glaze on both surfaces. There are grooves on the base where the pot was cut from the wheel with a wire. It is an example of Cistercian ware which dates from the late 16th into the early 17th century. This type of pottery was made at Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, which is where this shard was found. The bottom of the handle is visible and beneath that is another added fragment of clay. This may be a fragment of another vessel in which the first was stacked during firing and the two became fused. The vessel was probably dumped near the site of the pottery because of this flaw. In addition, the base of the vessel is unusually thin and this may also be a fault. The shard weighs 19g. Production of pottery at Wrenthorpe is discussed in "Wrenthorpe Potteries" published by West Yorkshire Archaeology Service.
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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