Fabric 81.2 - Westerwald stoneware
Very hard, vitrified grey fabric with no visible inclusions.
Grey fabric
Grey fabric
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Overall salt glaze. Painted with cobalt and manganese oxides to give distinctive blue and purple colours. Moulded, incised and stamped decoration also common, often creating zones.
Westerwald, GERMANY
Found in small quantity from sites in Worcester.
Found in small quantity from sites in Worcester.
Post Medieval (17th-18th century)
Hardness
Very Hard
Feel
Smooth
Fracture
Smooth
Surface treatment
Salt glazed
Core colour
Light grey
Int surface colour
Light grey
Ext surface colour
Light grey
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440 | 0 | Quartz | Seen in thin section | Fine | ||
| 441 | 0 | Black or brown inclusions | Seen in thin section | Fine |
| Prefix | Fabric code | Reference document |
|---|---|---|
| Warks | STG05 | Soden, I, and Ratkai, S, 1998 'Warwickshire Medieval and Post Medieval Pottery Type Series', p. 158 |
| Glouc | TF94 | Vince, A, 1974, revised 1978 'Guide to the pottery of Gloucester' |
| Here | F2 | Vince, A, 1985 'The ceramic finds, in Shoesmith, R (ed); Hereford City Excavations, Volume 3', p. 60 |