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Description: | A fragment from the wall of a ceramic vessel probably dating from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, 1690-1710. The vessel wall is quite thin and the fabric is extremely fine grained, white in colour, but stained to buff on the breaks, with a few very small, black inclusions. The break is very worn, probably from the action of water. Both inner and outer surfaces are glazed, and the outer face patterned with a blue painted design. The decoration consists of three separate sections. On the upper edge of the fragment are four grooves containing dark blue glaze which separate three ridges mottled with a lighter blue and white colour. Beneath these is a raised, circular medallion with a blue rim which contains a raised crown topped by an orb, the orb being flanked by the letters W R with both crown and letters being outlined in blue. Finally there are a series of pointed oval shapes, each butting up to the central medallion at one end. These presumably form a floral design with the medallion as the centre of the flower. The medallion and the oval shapes are quite crudely formed; presumably this vessel was produced by a small pottery to celebrate the accession of William III to the English throne. The fragment is 70.5mm long, 61mm wide and 14mm thick. It weighs 31.39gm.
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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