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Unique ID: YORYM-AF06D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of post-medieval date. The fragment is a salt-glazed body sherd with a hard and gritty dark grey coloured stoneware fabric with no visible inclusions. The exterior is decorated with a dark reddish-brown slip with hand-applied decoration featuring irregularly spaced latitudinal elongated s-shaped lines.
The fragment is 47.1mm long, 37.2mm wide, 7.2mm thick and weighs 15.9g.
Salt-glazed stonewares really became popular in Britain from the early 17th Century onwards. Earlier versions were imported from Germany (at Sieburg, Frechen, Westerwald, Raeren and Cologne) with the British industry picking up in the later 17th Century.
Thanks are extended to Adam Parker, Collections Facilitator at The Yorkshire Museum, for assistance with the identification of this object.
Class: Body Sherd
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.1 mm
Width: 37.2 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 15.9 g
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Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: TA0346
Four figure Latitude: 53.899944
Four figure longitude: -0.433899
1:25K map: TA0346
1:10K map: TA04NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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