Fabric 81.9 - Siegburg stoneware


Fine light grey stoneware that develops in the late 16th century into a finer white stoneware (Hurst 1986, 176).

Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
14th and 15th century examples are usually unglazed, except for an ash glaze giving characteristic orange brown patches. In the 16th century the fine wares remain unglazed but the coarser wares have a clear white salt glaze.
Siegburg, GERMANY
Stoneware of this type was made at Siegburg about 12 km east of Bonn. The potteries at Siegburg were producing stonewares from the 13th to 16th centuries but the scale of production was at its height in the 15th century (Gaimster 1997, 165). Seiburg stoneware is found on many sites in Britain, particularly along the east coast. The only example so far identified from Worcestershire was found in Worcester.
Medieval (14th to 16th century)
The only published examples from Worcestershire date to the 15th century

Hardness
Hard

Core colour
Off-white