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Description: | A shard of a black coloured ceramic vessel dating from the 18th century. It is decorated with leaves, a raised dividing line, and a fluted column. Thought at first to be Roman, it has since been identified as 18th century blackware such as Egyptian blackware or basaltes which became very popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and was made at a large number of potteries, including at Leeds where basaltes were made in vast quantities. It is finer and a deeper black colour than Roman terra nigra or similar wares, and the design elements can also be paralleled on late 19th century teapots. See figure 4 in Lawrence (1974) Yorkshire Pots and Potteries, and plate 69 in Roussel (1982) The Castleford Pottery for examples.
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