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VESSEL

Unique ID: HESH-3ADD25

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Eardisland History and Heritage Group

Eardisland Excavation 2013

Site Summary: Finds made during excavation of a single trench 16m x 1.25m across crop marks on cultivated land.

Site number: RHYD 13

Context number: 001

Two body sherds of glazed pottery.One showing underglaze decoration.

The fragments measure.:

1: 25.1mm in length, 13.7mm width, 4.0mm thick and weighs 2 gram.

2.: 16.5mm in length, 9.3mm width, 3.0mm thick and weighs 1 gram.

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Sherd specific details:

Fabric Type: Modern Earthernware Worcestershire Fabric Type 91.

Fabric Condition: A hard fabric

Firing Condition:

1. has a light brown gloss glazed exterior and interior and a buff coloured body.

2. has a white glazed exterior with blue underglazed decoration; the interior has white glaze and the body is buff coloured.

Inclusions Fine mica..

Surface Texture: Smooth where glazed. Number 1 shows badly chipped / laminated glaze.

Glaze: white

Decoration; Number 2 has an under glazed blue border.

Condition of sherds: Lightly abraded and chipped glaze..

Class: Modern Earthernware Fabric 91.

Class: Worcestershire Earthernware Fabric 91.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Hereford Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Thursday 31st October 2013

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 10386
Other reference: RHYD_13_018
Museum accession number: Hereford Museum: 2014_61

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eardisland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO4358
Four figure Latitude: 52.21724888
Four figure longitude: -2.83573833
1:25K map: SO4358
1:10K map: SO45NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation
Current location: Hereford Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: HESH
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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