ESS-3AF519: A fragment of a Mill Green Ware vessel, dating AD 1270-1350

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Unique ID: ESS-3AF519

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a Mill Green Ware vessel, dating AD 1270-1350. The fragment is from the body of a vessel, formed from a red ceramic with fine quartz inclusions and sparse mica. It has a heavily reduced core, of a mid-dark grey colour. There is a mid-dark green glaze on one side only.

Mill Green Ware was produced in Mill Green, near Ingatestone in Essex. Production lasted roughly between AD 1270 and 1350. Several examples canbe seen in the Museum of London Ceramics and Glass Collection Online: http://archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages/subcategory.asp?subcat_id=702&subcat_name=Mill+Green+ware

Dimensions: length: 62.39 mm; width: 53.42 mm; thickness: 9.28 mm; weight: 42.67g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 62.39 mm
Width: 53.42 mm
Thickness: 9.28 mm
Weight: 42.67 g

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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: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Queenhithe (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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