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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-64CA85
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of post-medieval date. The fragment is the base of a salt-glazed stoneware vessel - possibly a round-bodied bellermine jug. The fabric is a mid grey colour with a hard texture and sparse ovoid voids possibly representing oolite or limestone inclusions. The exterior is decorated with a mid yellowish-brown speckled slip and the interior has a lighter yellow slip. The base of the sherd is splayed and frilled.
The vessel fragment is 87.4mm in diameter, 50.7mm tall, 5.4mm thick and weighs 155g.
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.
Class: Base
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 50.7 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 155 g
Diameter: 87.4 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0588
Four figure Latitude: 54.276871
Four figure longitude: -0.388921
1:25K map: TA0588
1:10K map: TA08NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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