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Description: | A ceramic post medieval sherd from the West Somerset Donyatt potteries dating to the period c. AD 1700 - 1750. The sherd is from a dish and comprises part of the base, the body and the rim. It exhibits a double beaded, thumb frilled rim. The sherd has been coated internally with a white slip and exhibits sgraffito decoration consisting of a series of two lines of crescent shaped grooves along the rim, with the spaces between each crescent filled by sets of three comb-pecked dots. The sgraffito design on the body is unclear, but may comprise a foliate and zoomorphic design surrounded by three concentric grooves. The design has been coated with an amber glaze. Both glaze and slip are heavily abraded in places. There are splashes of both the white slip and the amber glaze on the exterior face. The fabric is buff-orange in colour with a reduced grey inner surface. It has a soft, powdery texture and exhibits frequent mica inclusions.The sherd measures 89.74mm in length, 50.85mm in height, 56.22mm maximum width, 28.51mm minimum width, is 8.32mm thick and weighs 56.41g.Cf. Coleman-Smith, R & Pearson, T, 1988, p. 197 - 198, Nos. 8/117, 8/120 & 8/121 for dishes of similar design.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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