HESH-CAE045: Post Medieval Vessel Midlands Purple Ware

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Unique ID: HESH-CAE045

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Sherd from the base of a partially glazed Midlands Purple Ware pottery vessel, probably a jug or storage jar of post medieval date 1600 – 1700. The fabric of the sherds is a very hard earthenware with a number of small rounded and sub-angular grit, quartz, coal and broken burnt pottery inclusions. The fabric colour is mid grey purple and the inner and outer surfaces of both sherds are a mottled purple brown. This two-tone effect has been caused by low temperatures within the kiln and is typical of early pottery. A light grey colour slip has been applied to both the inner and outer surfaces of the vessel. A mottled mid brown shiny glaze has been applied only to the inner base of the sherd. The diameter of the base of the vessel is estimated at 260mm. The angle between the base of the pot and the sloping side is approximately 55º. There is not enough of the body of the pot surviving to give an estimation of the depth or overall form/shape of the vessel. The sherd measures 32.4mm length, 45.9mm width, is 25.6mm high, the base is 9.8mm thick and the side wall is 5.6mm thick. The sherd weighs 26.87 grams.

Class: Midlands Purple Ware

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.4 mm
Width: 45.9 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 26.87 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th March 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: TM 443

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Glazed

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kinlet (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO7279
Four figure Latitude: 52.408282
Four figure longitude: -2.413033
1:25K map: SO7279
1:10K map: SO77NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Fieldwalking
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: HESH
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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