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Description: | Rim sherd of a relatively thin walled (thick rimmed) Midlands Purple Ware pottery vessel, probably a dish or bowl of post medieval date (1600 - 1720). 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 orange grey purple and the inner and outer surfaces of both sherds are a mottled purple grey. Both surfaces may have been burnished as it is very smooth. The inner bowl part of the sherd has been glazed with a thick black coloured glaze (similar to that seen on Cistercian-ware and Blackware). The diameter of the vessel can be estimated from the curvature of the rim; this is approximately 33cm; the sherds represent 9% of the rim. 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 89.9mm length, 46.8mm width, is 11.3mm thick (rim), 6.6mm thick (body) and weighs 65.4 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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