Record ID: SWYOR-21EAAF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of Medieval ceramic vessels found in the same field, dating from AD 1100 - 1500. 1. Fragment of a base and side wall.  The fabric is hard and fine textured, buff coloured throughout, with grey sooting on the base. The gritty fabric has frequent, fairly well sorted, angular quartz inclusions which break the surface. It is probably a gritty ware. Measurements are; height 12.2mm, width 23.4mm, thickness 19.8mm and weight 3.39g. The diameter of the base is about 100mm estimated from 7.5% of the perimeter. The base is 5.8mm thick. 2. Fragment of a rim.  The fabri…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B14193
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel wall sherd of a splash glazed vessel dating from AD 1200-1500. The fabric is hard, irregular and gritty, grey in the core and orange on the surfaces. It has frequent poorly sorted quartz inclusions that break the surface giving the vessel a rough feel. There are splashes and runs of a pale green glaze on the outer face. The sherd is 51.1mm high, 46mm wide and 9.4mm thick. 20.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B12529
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an undecorated ceramic vessel; an everted rim sherd from a vessel, probably of Roman grey ware dating from AD 43 - 410. The fabric is hard and fine to irregular. It is light grey throughout with frequent, well-sorted grey grit inclusions. The surviving part is the convex topped, horizontal everted rim, with a scar on the underside where the wall would have descended. It is 56.2mm long, 24.7mm wide and 11.2mm high. 20.8g. 
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-04B8D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a ceramic vessel of Medieval date from AD 1200-1500. The object is a body sherd of probably gritty ware.  The fabric is irregular, hard and gritty, with frequent poorly sorted angular quartz inclusions. The outer surfaces are orange in colour while the core is grey due to differential oxidisation. There are traces of a dark grey possibly glaze on the outer face. It is 34.8mm long; 41.4mm wide; 8.4mm thick and weight 18.07g weight.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-E0C53E
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval clay tobacco pipe; an incomplete bowl, probably dating from AD 1750 - 1900. The fabric is pale cream coloured and is probably ballclay imported from the South West. The base of the bowl is missing, so it is uncertain whether it as spurred or not. The rim is cut leaving a flat top. The bowl is moulded with a fluted lower bowl, and relief scrolls on the upper half. On the side facing the smoker, either side of the seam, are the moulded initials in relief: I D, probably a maker's mark. The bore is 2.3mm diameter (6/64th inch). The measurements are…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DE3E9E
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments of Medieval ceramic vessels from the same field, dating from about AD 1200 - 1500. There are two jug handles and two joining wall sherds. 1.  Fragment of a strap handle. The fabric is hard, fine and pale orange in the core with grey surfaces, and frequent quartz inclusions. Grey and purple glaze. The handle is fluted on the ouer face. Length 49.8mm, maximum width 51.9mm, minimum width 30.3mm, thickness 39.1mm and weight 74.45g. 2. Fragment of a stoneware strap handle. Vitrified chocolate brown fabric in the core, with dark grey surfaces. Sparse quartz inclusions. …
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-60AAF8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from the rim of a ceramic vessel, probably of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500. The fabric is fine, hard and a pale orange in colour throughout. There are frequent rounded black inclusions (iron ore) and angular pale grey quartz inclusions, which break the surface giving the vessel a rough feel. The rim is everted and rounded, and has a rim diameter of about 120mm, estimated from about 10% of the rim. There are two splashes of clear glaze on the upper face of the rim. The sherd is 17.5mm long, 39.7mm wide and 15.5mm thick. It weighs 10.29g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th April 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-ECA671
Object type: KILN FURNITURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic "stilt", an item of kiln furniture dating from about AD 1750 - 1950. It is triangular in plan and one face is a pyramid with concave faces. The reverse has a circular hollow in the centre and a pointed leg or projection at each corner. It is made of cream coloured glazed ceramic, cracked in the hollow. It is 20.8mm long, 19.7mm wide and 12mm thick. 2.1g. The stilt would have been used to separate flatware in a kiln. Similar examples were discovered at Bretby, in a site dating from the late 19th-20th century (Maria Kneafsey pers. comm., October 2020). Compare also NLM-A06563.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ED0BA5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic vessel sherd; a wall sherd of Medieval date. The fabric is hard and irregular, with a gritty surface. The core is light grey, with orange surfaces. There are frequent poorly sorted inclusion of quartz. It is 35.9mm long, 18.5mm wide and 7.8mm thick. 6g.
Created on: Saturday 8th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-EC9200
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic sherd, perhaps a handle, of unknown date, Roman to Post Medieval. It is a curved rod of ceramic, broken at each end, but apparently having all the other edges complete meaning it is not from the wall, rim nor base of a vessel. It could be part of a horizontal handle, or perhaps the rim of a flange. The fabric is hard with an irregular fracture, and is buff coloured, slightly darker on the outer faces. It has frequent poorly sorted inclusions, mainly of rounded black probable iron ore, but also large, white, opaque grains, perhaps stone. It is broadly oval in cross-section, w…
Created on: Saturday 8th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-9D3719
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a clay tobacco pipe bowl dating from the late Post Medieval to Modern periods, about AD 1680 - 1910. The bowl is decorated in moulded relief with an acorn and oak leaves on the side. The rim is not parallel to the stem, suggeting a date before 1710, unless the pipe is in Dutch style which was copied by some English makers (Ayto, 2002). The fragment has a height of 34.88mm, a width of 24.25mm and a thickness of 10.13mm. It weighs 4.59g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-F0CD57
Object type: WASTER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of fired clay of probably Medieval to Modern date (AD 1200 - 1900), but probably from a waster or ceramic building material rather than a vessel. The fragment has one flat face, thought at first to be the base of a vessel. The two ends are broken, and the two longer sides have a rounded edge. A second coil of clay lays on top if the lower one on one side. The fabric is hard, irregular, buff to orange coloured and has poorly sorted sparse inclusions that are angular and cream coloured, as well as a larger purple stone. The hollow space inside the walls is filled with a layer of…
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE0481
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of Medieval date, about AD 1250 - 1550. It appears to be Coal Measures Whitewear as seen at Rawmarsh, Rotherham. The fabric is hard, laminated and has frequent well-sorted inclusions including quartz, red non-crystalline grit and white non-crystalline rock fragment. The colour is light grey to buff, with an orange and purple surface and clear glaze. The sherd is a small body sherd. The sherd is 40.7mm long, 24.9mm wide and 8mm thick. 8.8g.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-EDF694
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1800. It is a rim sherd. The rounded rim is everted with an internal square flange to act as a lid-seating. The fabric is fairly soft, orange and has infrequent well-sorted brick red non-crystalline inclusions and smaller white inclusions, possibly clay pellets. There is a dark yellow glaze on the inner face. The sherd is 43mm long, 21.4mm wide and 13mm high. 11.4g.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-EDE339
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ceramic vessel of Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1700. It is a piece of rim, but only the projecting rounded flange which is D-shaped in cross section. The fabric is hard, and fine, orange throughout. It has sparse poorly sorted inclusions including non-crystalline white stone, some mica, and larger dark grains (possibly black iron ore). There is some glaze on the upper face of the rim, appearing golden brown. The sherd is 62.1mm long, 19.2mm wide and 19mm high. 26.5g.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-474253
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval or Post Medieval ceramic vessel, a rim sherd probably from a bowl or jar. The fabric is hard and fine, oxidised to dark red, with dark grey to purple surfaces, perhaps an overfired glaze which is blistered and bubbly. There are few visible inclusions, but there are sparse, large dull red brown grains (probably grog). The rim is clubbed. It is 22.26mm long, 14.07mm high, and 13.26mm thick. It weighs 5.37g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B3A31A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from the rim of a stoneware vessel, possibly a bowl of about 220mm diameter at the rim, dating from the later Post-Medieval period, about AD 1700 - 1900. The fine-grained matrix is light to medium grey in colour and contains very occasional dark grey or black inclusions. The outer surface is has a clear glaze. There are two grooves on the inner surface, a narrow groove immediately below the rim and a broader groove 15mm below this. The sherd is 34.2mm wide, 28.8mm high and 9.1mm thick. It weighs 13g.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-20692D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a glazed ceramic vessel of Probable Post Medieval date. The fabric is hard and pale orange throughout with very few inclusions. There is a dark orange slip on the outer face and a shiny orange glaze on the inner face. The rim is simply rounded and has a wide band which is thickened on the outer face. The inner face curves gently from wall to rim. It was probably a large shallow dish. It is 88.8mm long, 56.9mm wide and 16.3mm thick. It weighs 73.38gm.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Record ID: SWYOR-203A04
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a ceramic vessel of Medieval date. The fabric is hard, grey in the core and buff on the surfaces, with frequent quartz and grit inclusions. It has a pimply surface and no surviving glaze. It is a rim sherd, the rim being a wide outward flange with a square edge, and a concave base. It is 35.2mm long, 20.9mm wide and 15.5mm thick. It weighs 10.02gm.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FF8E17
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probably medieval ceramic vessel. The fragment is rectangular with break edges on all sides. There is a smoother area, likely indicating the rim of the vessel on the top-right (from the inside perspective) side. The vessel is grey coloured. The outer side has a small outwards curve, resulting in a triangular cross section. The top half is corroded but the bottom half has a repeated wavy pattern across the vertical axis. There are three layers of wavy lines. The inner side has no patterns or marks but has some brown coloured residue on the surface that the outer s…
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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