Record ID: DEV-0A3594
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly abraded Post-medieval ceramic rim sherd, of a local Coarse sandy ware, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1850. A micaeous, sandy oxidised fabric containing frequent coarse quartz and iron stone inclusions, as well as ferrous clay pellets and larger stones. Weight: 20.99g. Sherds of similar fabric were recovered from excavations in Exeter (Allan 1984: 149), probably from a shallow bowl or pan similar to Allan's (1984: 153) form 8.
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: DEV-124273
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval to Modern clay tobacco-pipe, probably dating to AD 1787- c. 1807. The surviving portion consists of roughly 50% of the bowl, it's juncture with the pipe as well as the pointed spur. The bowl was originally moulded in two parts and later joined, with the longitudinal seems running along the inside and outside joins of the bowl decorated with moulded foliate decoration. The spur features no maker's marks. The surviving face of the bowl is decorated with a depiction of a male figure kneeling left, bound in chains and with with hands raised in prayer. Dimens…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: DEV-5B7C2F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval ceramic rim sherd of a large North Devon gravel-tempered ware vessel, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1850+. A hard fired, oxideised fabric, orange in colour and containing an abundant course, angular quartz temper, c. <4.5mm. The interior surface is coated with a highly glossy brown glaze. A large open mouthed vessel with a flat, flanged, slighly overhanging rim. The sherd weighs in excess of 200g. There is evidence of sooting on the underside of the rim.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-73E911
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval ceramic sherd of North Devon gravel tempered ware, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1850+. A handle sherd, comprising of the juncture between the handle and body of the vessel. A hard fired oxidised ware with an orange-brown fabric containing an abundant coarse grained temper comprising of abundant, angular quartz, c. <2mm, with more occassional ferrous and limestone inclusions. The vessel features a solid, highly glossy, mottled green glaze on the interior surface. Striations on the surface would suggest that the vessel was wiped prior to firing. Weight: 82.06g.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2018
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Record ID: DEV-FE79E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic rim sherd, probably dating to c. AD 43-410. A hard fired, reduced fabric, with dark grey core and and paler surfaces, but with a black wiped/burnished surface surviving in less abraded areas. Very fine grained with sparce sand inclusions, comprising of fine, sub-angular quartz grains, <0.3mm, with rarer, larger ferrous <0.5mm and limestone <0.75mm inclusions (both also sub-angular). From a jar or shouldered bowl with an everted, beaded rim. Weight: 13.48g.
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EF2AFE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval ceramic fragment uncertain function, probably structural and decorative, probably dating to c. AD 1700-1800+. North Devon Gravel-tempered ware fabric. A sub-rectangular ceramic fragment, rectangular in cross section and with a potentially up-curving projection from one of its short sides. The projection and one edge are broken, with relatively laminar, unabraded breaks. The fabric is hard fired, oxidised pink-orange with a reduced grey core, containing an abundant, sub-angular quartz temper (
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Record ID: DEV-8276A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic body sherd of probable late Medieval or Post-Medieval date, probably a local North Devon gravel tempered ware, c. AD 1400-1800. An oxidised fabric with a reduced core, and containing an abundant, relatively fine grained angular gravel temper of quartz, <2.0mm, and frequent ferrous inclusions. Weight 7.68g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-825573
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval ceramic body sherd, probably of a local gravel tempered ware, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1500. A relatively hard fired, oxidised fabric with abundant, irregularly sized and sub-angular (<2.5mm) quartz inclusions and more occasional ferrous inclusions. Weight 4.53g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-821DA9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Post-Medieval ceramic rim sherds, probably all of local North Devon gravel tempered wares, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1800+. Although there appears to be some variation in the fabric between sherds 1 and 2 (which are largely uniform) and sherd 3, all are hard-fired oxidised wares, sherds 1 and 2 having reduced cores, containing an abundant, angular large grained quartz temper,
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: DEV-B1040C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval ceramic rim sherd of North Devon gravel tempered ware, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1850+. A very hard fired, fine grained pale orange fabric, oxidised at the surface and margins but with a slightly reduced core in places. Contains an abundant angular quartz temper, <2.5mm. From a storage jar with an everted, beaded rim and internal lid-rest. Wheel thrown with an internal mottled green-brown, solid glaze with a drip on the external surface. Weight: 56.18g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Record ID: DEV-4E859F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large sherd from a Post-Medieval North Devon Sgraffito-decorated bowl, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1800+. An open-mouthed bowl with a slightly flatened rim and flanged, solid foot. The sherd was viewed uncleaned, however it could be seen to be of a hard-fired orange/red fabric throughout with occasional angular quartz inclusions. Decorated with a pale yellow/white slip internally and over the rim with incised crescents and zig-zagsin an irregular pattern and subsquently glazed internally and externally. Weight: 49.8g, 4.4mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Record ID: DEV-224714
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete clay tobacco pipe, probably dating to c. AD 1660-1740. The fragment consists of the stem and heel, with the bowl missing. The stem is sub-circular in cross section, c. 11.1mm in diameter at the break, with a narrow, off-centre circular perforation, 2.2mm in diameter. A trimmed, sub-oval bowl survives at the bowl-end of the stem, 14.0mm long by 11.3mm wide, stamped with an incuse maker's mark: [B]A/RVM. Dimensions: length 67.5mm; width 13.0mm; thickness 21.1mm; weight 12.31g. Similar stamps can be seen on tobacco pipes from Barnstable, identified as Barum die II, wh…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
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Record ID: DEV-21E190
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval ceramic sherd of North Devon sgraffito-decorated ware, dating to c. AD 1650-1800+. A base sherd from a plate or bowl with internal decoration, consisting of triple-stranded curvilinear bands incised into a white slip within a triple-tranded circumferencial border, subsequently glazed, appearing brown against a yellow field. A hard-fired orange-red to red-brown fabric, with a dark core, containing a sparce angular quartz temper <1.5mm, as well as more frequent black grit and sparce rounded grey stone inclusions, <1mm. Weight: 14.94g.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Record ID: DEV-6BFE2D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval earthenware ceramic base sherd, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1600. A Hard fired oxidised fabric with a slightly reduced core, with a sparce, fine grained and well sorted sand temper predominently of sub-rounded quartz,
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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