Fabric 91 - Post-medieval buff ware
Hard, smooth fabric with few obvious inclusions except for moderate, medium quartz, moderate rounded red pellets measuring <1.00mm and occasional angular buff inclusions measuring <3.00mm.
Buff, sometimes slightly mottled
Buff, sometimes slightly mottled
Manufacture
Mould-made;Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Often slip decorated with red and/or white slip under a pale yellow glaze, with combing and feathering common. Can also be decorated with an iron rich black or brown glaze, a yellow lead glaze or a manganese mottled glaze.
Post Medieval (17th -18th century)
Most sherds were glazed internally and externally, with the exception of larger flat wares which were often glazed on the interior only.
Most sherds were glazed internally and externally, with the exception of larger flat wares which were often glazed on the interior only.
Hardness
Hard
Feel
Smooth
Surface treatment
Slipped and glazed
Core colour
Buff
Int surface colour
Buff
Ext surface colour
Buff
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | 0 | Quartz | Moderate | Medium | Well-sorted | Rounded |
| 433 | 0 | Red pellets | Moderate | Medium | Ill-sorted | Rounded |
| 434 | 0 | Buff inclusions | Occasional | Coarse | Ill-sorted | Angular |
| Prefix | Fabric code | Reference document |
|---|---|---|
| Warks | SLPW01, SLPW02, SLPW03 | Soden, I, and Ratkai, S, 1998 'Warwickshire Medieval and Post Medieval Pottery Type Series', p. 170-172 |
| Glouc | TF58, TF72 | Vince, A, 1974, revised 1978 'Guide to the pottery of Gloucester' |