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VESSEL

Unique ID: YORYM-587910

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A seal from a stoneware jug (fired at such a high temperature that the clay becomes very hard and fully water proof). The seal is oval, with a double border, with a series of lines joining them together. The design is of a flower, with semi-circular design and a pellet in between each set of petals. The jug was probably made in germany in the region of the Rhineland and imported. This sort of jug is probably 17th Century in date, and would have been used to import liquid. The mottled surface is produced by throwing salt into the kiln, so these jugs are often described as 'salt glazed'. They are called 'Bellarmine jugs', supposedly after a Cardinal Bellarmino who was very strongly against the Protestant Church. They are also sometime also Bartman or Beardman jugs. Fragments of these sorts of pots are quite common on archaeological sites in England.

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 62 mm
Width: 58 mm
Weight: 38.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Ebberston and Yedingham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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