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Description: | A sherd of Post-Medieval stoneware. It is a bodysherd most likely from a Frechen jug, decorated with a moulded, armorial pattern with a mid-brown glaze. The decoration includes a stylised crown beneath which is the top of a square-topped shield with central vertical line, on either side of which are the upright curling tails of lions, back to back. The left side is missing, due to old breaks, and a lion rampant is depicted on the right-hand panel. There are curved lines and a possible leaf design filling the field beyond the shield, and contained within an outer circle. The sherd measures 51.4mm x 45.95mm, is 7.75mm in thickness and weighs 19.94g.The use of heraldry on imported stoneware vessels is well-attested, often showing a devolved coat of arms of the Tudors sometimes reduced to a pattern. The decoration on this sherd, however, has been well-executed, and following the Ordinary in Gaimster 1997, 378, it would seem that the 'two lions back to back' formed part of the arms of the Barons of Hohen Rechberg, SW Germany or Swabia.
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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