Record ID: WMID-01B806
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three ceramic wheel-thrown base sherds of coarse earthenware vessels, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 10mm – 18.5mm; collective weight: 196.1g).These hard fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink to orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on the inside of the sherds (although some glaze also appears on the outside of the sherds as a probable result of the firing process). The glaze is light-dark brown in colour with a streaking and mottled affect in areas. Additionally, there is a dark red slip be…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-F167A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One ceramic wheel-thrown body sherd and one rim sherd of probable brown salt-glazed stoneware, dating to the late 17th/ 18th century (thickness ranging from 16mm – 19.9mm; collective weight: 160.72g). A fine vitreous yellow-grey evenly fired stoneware body with occasional quartz inclusions, the surface colour is achieved through iron wash into which the vessel was dipped. These wares were fired at 1200°-1400°C, within saggars (D. A. Ford, 1999). On the outside edge of one of the sherds, there are two fingerprints as decoration on a slightly raised platform. This ware appears in…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-F14292
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six ceramic wheel-thrown rim sherds of probable coarse earthenware, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 10.9mm – 24.9mm; collective weight: exceeds weight limit of 250g). These hard fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on the insides of the sherds. The glaze is nearly black in colour with a dark red slip below. Additionally, one of the smaller sherds may be Staffordshire Black ware, also dating to the same period.Coarse earthenwares originated in the 15th/…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DFA7C8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic wheel-thrown body sherds and one rim sherd of probable Staffordshire Blackware, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 7.1mm – 16.7mm [with handles]; collective weight: 59.23g). A hard-fired earthenware, the fabric colour ranges from salmony pink, orange and light purple with a dark brown/ black glaze inside and out and a slightly metallic finish. Remains of a dark red slip can be seen below the glaze. Slight decoration known as ‘turning’, which produces horizontal bands or ridges on vessels, can be seen on the inside of one of the sherds.Black…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DF5312
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One ceramic wheel-thrown rim sherd of probable Staffordshire Blackware, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (36.8mm x 15.5mm; thickness: 11.3mm; collective weight: 7.81g). A hard-fired earthenware, the fabric colour is salmon pink with a dark brown/ black glaze inside and out and a slightly metallic finish.Blackwares originate from Cistercian wares in the 15th/ 16th century, but is recognised in Staffordshire from the 17th century, with a decline in the mid 18th century AD. Later forms include round-bodied and straight sided cups and mugs, porringers, dishes, bowls, posset and chambe…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DEAC95
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One ceramic wheel-thrown rim sherd and one base sherd or probable brown salt-glazed stoneware, dating to the late 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 7.1mm - 10mm; collective weight: 58.41g). A fine vitreous grey evenly fired stoneware body with occasional quartz inclusions, the surface colour is achieved through iron wash into which the vessel was dipped. These wares were fired at 1200°-1400°C, within saggars (D. A. Ford, 1999). On the outside edge of one of the sherds, a kite shape decoration around it has been incised into the fabric. This ware appears in many form…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: WMID-DF1077
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four ceramic wheel-thrown body sherds, one side and base sherd and two rim sherds of probable worn coarse earthenware, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 5mm – 18.7mm; collective weight: 188.13g). These hard fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on one side of the sherds, particularly on the inside. The glaze is nearly black in colour with a dark red slip below. Additonally, one of the smaller sherds may be Staffordshire Black ware, also dating to the same …
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DEECC8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ten ceramic wheel-thrown base sherds of probable coarse earthenware, dating to the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 8mm – 13.7mm; collective weight: 184.49g). These hard fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on one side of the sherds, particularly on the inside. The glaze is nearly black in colour with a dark red slip below. Additionally, one of the smaller sherds may be Staffordshire Black ware, also dating to the same period.Coarse earthenwares originated in the 15t…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DE8EE6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two ceramic wheel-thrown body sherds and one rim sherd of probable coarse earthenware, dating to the 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 8.9mm – 13.7mm; collective weight: 41.07g). These hard-fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink to orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on one side of the sherds, particularly on the inside. The glaze is nearly black in colour with a dark red slip below.Coarse earthenwares originated in the 15th/ 16th century and were recognised as a distinct ware in the 17th century, with productio…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-DF84C2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixteen ceramic wheel-thrown body sherds of probable coarse earthenware, dating from the 17th/ 18th century AD (thickness ranging from 4.1mm – 14.8mm; collective weight: exceds weight of scales: 230g). These hard fired earthenwares have a colour ranging from salmony pink orange red with small frequent inclusions in the fill as well as glaze remaining on one of the sherds. The glaze is nearly black in colour with a dark red slip below – the slip is present on both sides.Coarse earthenwares originated in the 15th/ 16th century and were recognised as a distinct ware in the 17th cent…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-56B827
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint scraper of probable late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date, dating from circa 3000 BC to circa 1500 BC. The scraper has been made on a long flake and has been retouched from the dorsal side using pressure flaking. This retouch occurs on both edges and at the distal end. A ridge runs down the centre of the dorsal face, making the flint sub-triangular in section. It measures 43.95 mm long, 22.24 mm wide, 9.07 mm thick and weighs 10.3 grams. The flint is a dark to pale grey in colour.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2010
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Record ID: WMID-54FCD7
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint waste flake of prehistoric date, probably Neolithic or Bronze Age, and dating from circa 4500 BC - 1000 BC. The flake is cortical in small areas at the butt and the tip of the distal end, and it has no obvious shape for a tool. However, what appears to be deliberately fine retouch at the distal end may have enabled the flake to be used as a knife and this is a distinct possibility. It measures 50.06 mm long, 20.62 mm wide, 5.15 mm thick and weighs 6 grams. The flint is pale to dark grey in colour with small areas of cream cortex.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E0E505
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint flake, retouched along its lateral edges and distal end to form sharp cutting edges. The flint used is pale to dark grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2012
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Record ID: WMID-E0C647
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint tool formed from a flake. There is retouch along both lateral edges and a notch has been taken out of the cortical distal end. This may have been a composite tool, with the left lateral edge appropriate for use as a cutting blade, and the blunter retouch on the right lateral edge, confined to the area around the distal end, used as a scraper. The retouch at the distal end may have functioned as a scoop, scraper or gauge. The flint is dark grey in colour and partly cortical. Other worked flint tools and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered …
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E07814
Object type: HAMMERSTONE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint object, possibly a hammerstone for working other flint artefacts. There is an area of cortex on the top of the object, and many negative flake removal scars and evidence for percussion blows all over the rest of the flint. As many of the flake removals are very small, it is possible that this piece was used to knap and/or apply pressure to other flint tools during retouch of them. Other worked tools and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered from the same area.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DFFDC7
Object type: CHOPPER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular flint flake of possible Neolithic date, possibly a chopper. The tool appears to have had some retouch to make it more comfortable to hold, and there is slight retouch (or damage?) on what may be the chopping edge. Other worked flints and a Neolithic ground axe have been recovered from the same area. The flint is a pale to dark grey in colour with some cortex remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E0A234
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint knife formed from a flake. The flake has been retouched along its proximal edge in order to blunt the edge and make it more comfortable to hold. The opposite, distal end has also been retouched, though here this was presumably to sharpen or serrate the edge for use as a cutting or sawing blade. The flint used is a cream to pale grey colour.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-E03865
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two worked out flint cores of prehistoric date. The cores are the remains of the raw pieces of flint from which flakes and blades were struck. Both cores retain some cortex. One core is a blue/grey colour, the other a pale cream to grey. The former measures 29.52 mm long, 20.65 mm wide and 20.5 mm thick, weighing 18 grams. The latter measures 34.88 mm long, 28.57 mm wide, 25.51 mm thick and weighs 30.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DF97D1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible knife or some other tool formed from what may be obsidian, a naturally occuring volcanic glass. The identification of the material as obsidian is tentative as obsidian does not occur widely in Britain, and the material may instead by a form of chert, perhaps even flint. However, its dark, almost black, colour and glassy appearance are unusual. The piece has clearly been utilised as there are percussion marks in many places and the sharpest edge appears to have been finely retouched, perhaps allowing the tool to have been used as a cutting blade. Other worked flints a…
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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Record ID: WMID-DFCD21
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric, probably Neolithic, flint tool quite possibly a knife. The tool is formed from a large flake. Percussion blows in the area around the bulb of percussion have clearly removed parts of the flake to make it more comfortable to hold, and an area of cortex appears to have been deliberately retained for this purpose. The piece has one sharp edge which has been subject to fine retouch from both dorsal and ventral sides. The flint is dark grey to pale grey in colour with small patches of cream cortex remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2010
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