Fabric 75 - North Devon gravel-tempered ware
Very hard fabric with a hackly fracture containing abundant ill-sorted grey, clear or white angular quartz and feldspathic gravel measuring <3.00mm.
Pinkish-buff, often with a grey core.
Pinkish-buff, often with a grey core.
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Generally greenish brown glaze but variable and often uneven. All vessels are glazed internally and jugs are glazed externally, sometimes over a white slip.
Post Medieval (Late 16th - 18th century)
Hardness
Very Hard
Feel
Smooth
Fracture
Hackly
Surface treatment
Glazed, sometimes with a white slip underneath
Core colour
Dark grey
Int surface colour
Pinkish buff
Ext surface colour
Pinkish buff
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435 | 0 | Quartz | Abundant | Coarse | Ill-sorted | Angular |
| 436 | 0 | Feldspathic gravel | Abundant | Coarse | Ill-sorted | Angular |
| Prefix | Fabric code | Reference document |
|---|---|---|
| Worc City | 82 | Morris, E, 1980 'Medieval and post-medieval pottery in Worcester: a type series, in Carver, MOH (ed); Medieval Worcester: an archaeological framework', p. 233 |
| Glouc | TF70 | Vince, A, 1974, revised 1978 'Guide to the pottery of Gloucester' |