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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-B05581
Object type certainty: Certain
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Sherd from the rim of a relatively thin walled Midlands Purple Ware pottery vessel, probably a storage jar of post medieval date (1600 - 1720). This sherd is relatively fresh with broken edges. The fabric of the sherd is a very hard earthenware (almost viscous stoneware) with a number of small rounded and sub-angular grit and quartz inclusions. There is also a high proportion of mica and sand like grains present in the fabric. The fabric colour is mid purple brown and the inner and outer surfaces of the sherd is a mottled purple grey. The vessel has a suggested diameter at the rim of 16cm; the sherds represent more than 12% of the total rim. The height or capacity of the vessel cannot be estimated.
The sherd measures 47.6mm height, 74.2mm width is 13.3 mm thick (rim), 5.9mm thick (body) and weighs 43.41 grams
Class: Midlands Purpleware
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: Exactly AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 47.6 mm
Width: 74.2 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 43.41 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SMS Object Entry Form: SHRMS: E.00453
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oswestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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