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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-500C92
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel, dating to the Post Medieval period. The fragment is a salt-glazed body sherd with a hard and gritty light grey coloured stoneware fabric with no visible inclusions. The exterior surface is decorated with a dark reddish-brown slip with hand-applied decoration featuring two circumferential incisions and stamped four-petalled flowers. The interior appears burnished or clear-glazed.
The fragment is 41.1mm long, 18.3mm wide, 7.9mm thick and weighs 7.3g.
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.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.1 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Weight: 7.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7703
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Barking and Dagenham (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Thames (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4981
Four figure Latitude: 51.50829086
Four figure longitude: 0.14562666
1:25K map: TQ4981
1:10K map: TQ48SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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