Rights Holder: Derby Museums Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
VESSEL
Unique ID: DENO-78CD6C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A single wheel-thrown, vessel body sherd, A.D. 1350-1550, of Midlands purple ware. Very fine fabric with fine, rounded inclusions.The interior is covered in a uniform, dark purple glaze.The exterior surface has a burnished finish, over a reddish brown - light brown surface.
Height, 46.9mm, Width 51.8mm, Thickness 7.2mm, Weight 22.83g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 46.9 mm
Width: 51.8 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 22.83 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8937
Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Erewash (District)
Parish or ward: Sawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4632
Four figure Latitude: 52.88350109
Four figure longitude: -1.31786073
1:25K map: SK4632
1:10K map: SK43SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: DENO-77FD0E
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Three body sherds of wheel thrown glazed ware. The slightly larger of the three has a dull, dark purple, glazed exterior surface while the in…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: DENO-5125AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A small, wheel thrown, body sherd of Midlands Purple Ware, c AD 1300 - 1500. Fabric fine, with no inclusions, but a number of voids, dark in …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: DENO-EA9C5B
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A mixed assemblage of medieval (circa AD 1200 - 1500) wheel-thrown pottery sherds, comprising:-
A handle fragment, possible Linconshire or…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618