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Description: | A fragment of pottery from a Medieval vessel. This is a complete base with parts of the wall. This is a wheel thrown vessel, with a flat base and sides at a slight obtuse angle. It is made of a hard, red fabric with a reduced core. There are frequent course sand and quartz inclusions, mainly sub rounded, and not well sorted. The outer edge has been smoothed, although now is well weathered. The inner edge still retains the throwing circles, and has a gritty feel. This is likely to have been the base to a jug, had have dated to 1200 - 1500 AD. It is possible this is Tyler Hill pottery, a common fabric type produced in Kent during this period.88mm base diameter x 72mm height of remaining vessel wall x 10mm thickness of wallIt weighs more than 200g
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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