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Description: | One large base sherd (broken in three parts) of wheel-thrown black colour coated probable Nene Valley ware ( thickness: 8/9mm; collective weight: 89.46g). A hard but smooth-textured fabric of an off-white colour with small frequent red and black fleck inclusions; some of these streaking throughout the fill. No decoration is visible but the wheel-throw marks can be clearly seen on the bottom of the sherds. The pieces are slightly worn but much of the dark grey/ black colour coating remains. Nene valley produced a wide range of tablewares, including jars, flagons and bottles, imitation Samian forms, Castor boxes, cups and beakers. These colour-coated wares were produced from the mid-2nd century AD, probably in the hands of immigrant (lower Rhineland?) craftsmen, with some influence from East Gaulish sigillata industries during the early 3rd century. Production continued until the end of the 4th century AD. There was a wide distribution in eastern England, particularly in the late 4th century, but occasional wares have been identified in the West Midlands (Tyers, 1996, pages 173-5). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 100
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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