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Description: | Pottery body sherd from a jar or pitcher. The fabric is orange to buff-coloured on the surfaces and has a reduced grey interior with mica and felspar inclusions. The striations on the interior surface suggest that the vessel has been wheel thrown and the fabric is uniform throughout. The sherd is of even thickness across its width but is tapering slightly towards the upper edge or point where it is broken, so it may be from the shoulder of the vessel.
These observations are diagnostic of the local medieval wares found in Cornwall, and as it is reasonably micaceous, it can be identified as a Lostwithiel-type ware, dating from the 15th to the 16th century. | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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