Fabric 120 - Saintonge


Iron free clay with fine quartz and white mica inclusions (<0.1mm). Very few visable inclusions, mainly sparse red iron ore fragments (<1.0mm). Very coarse rounded quartz sand temper is also found in some examples.
Usually buff to pale brown, but can appear pink when under fired.

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Fabric 120 Saintonge ware

Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
The pitchers have applied, incised strips down the body and a bright green glaze. The jug, found in Worcester, had applied faces and polychrome decoration
Saintonge region, FRANCE
The Saintonge is a region in south-west France between Bordeaux and La Rochelle and is centred on the town of Saintes. There are a number of production sites exporting to Britain and northern Europe. Saintonge is probably the most widely distributed medieval imported ware in Britain. It has been found in small amounts in Worcester and Worcestershire, but not, so far, in Droitwich.
Medieval to Post Medieval (13th to early 17th century)

Texture & Colour

Hardness
Hard
Surface treatment
Yellow with green glaze

Core colour
Pale buff
Int surface colour
Pale buff
Ext surface colour
Pale buff

Inclusions (3)

DB ID Modified Description Frequency Size Sorting Rounding
74 0 Iron-rich pellets Sparse Medium
75 0 Quartz Moderate Fine Angular
76 0 White mica Abundant Fine

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Concordance (4)