Fabric 62 - Deritend type ware
Iron rich clay with moderate medium sized quartz inclusions of <0.5mm.
Generally orange throughout.
Generally orange throughout.
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Surface can be decorated with a painted white line. Sparsley glazed with a green lead glaze.
Deritend, Birmingham, WEST MIDLANDS
Thought to have been produced in Deritend, Birmingham, although the interpretation of material from this site as kiln waste has been challenged (Stephanie Ratkai pers comm). This ware has an extremely wide distribution and has been found in Warwickshire, Stafford Castle (Staffordshire), Dudley and Sandwell (West Midlands), Bridgnorth (Shropshire) and in smaller numbers at Worcester and Droitwich.
Thought to have been produced in Deritend, Birmingham, although the interpretation of material from this site as kiln waste has been challenged (Stephanie Ratkai pers comm). This ware has an extremely wide distribution and has been found in Warwickshire, Stafford Castle (Staffordshire), Dudley and Sandwell (West Midlands), Bridgnorth (Shropshire) and in smaller numbers at Worcester and Droitwich.
Medieval (13th to 14th century)
Hardness
Hard
Surface treatment
Sparse green lead glaze
Core colour
Orange
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 0 | Quartz | Moderate | Fine | Well-sorted | Rounded |
| Prefix | Fabric code | Reference document |
|---|---|---|
| Warks | Sg12 | Soden, I, and Ratkai, S, 1998 'Warwickshire Medieval and Post Medieval Pottery Type Series', p. 103 |
| Here | G3 SHER/DERIT | Vince, A, 2002 'The pottery in Thomas, A and Boucher, A, Hereford City Excavations. Further Sites and Evolving Interpretations', p. 89 |