Fabric 64.1 - Worcester-type sandy glazed ware
Iron rich clay with abundant rounded and subangular quartz (<1.0mm), chert and rounded silacious sandstone inclusions.
Sherds usually have orange to red surfaces with a grey core but some are grey throughout.
Sherds usually have orange to red surfaces with a grey core but some are grey throughout.
Manufacture
Hand-made;Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Vessels are glazed with a green lead glaze. Some jug types have a white slip under the glaze. Vessels in this fabric are decorated with a combination of implied, incised and stamped decoration.
Widespread but unidentified kiln sites, WORCESTERSHIRE
Vessels in this fabric are the products of a number of unidentified kilns in and around Worcester. This fabric was probably produced at the same kilns as fabric 55. Sherds of this fabric are commonly found all over Worcestershire but the distribution of different forms varies. Jugs have been found in Wales, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Gloucester although few are found south of Gloucester.
Vessels in this fabric are the products of a number of unidentified kilns in and around Worcester. This fabric was probably produced at the same kilns as fabric 55. Sherds of this fabric are commonly found all over Worcestershire but the distribution of different forms varies. Jugs have been found in Wales, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Gloucester although few are found south of Gloucester.
Medieval (Late 11th century to 14th century)
This fabric first occurs in the very late 11th or 12th century but the main floruit of the industry dates to the 13th to 14th centuries
This fabric first occurs in the very late 11th or 12th century but the main floruit of the industry dates to the 13th to 14th centuries
Hardness
Hard
Feel
Rough
Fracture
Hackly
Core colour
Grey
Int surface colour
Orange
Ext surface colour
Grey
| Prefix | Fabric code | Reference document |
|---|---|---|
| Worc City | 59 and 60 | Morris, E, 1980 'Medieval and post-medieval pottery in Worcester: a type series, in Carver, MOH (ed); Medieval Worcester: an archaeological framework', p. 231 |
| Here | C2 | Vince, A, 2002 'The pottery in Thomas, A and Boucher, A, Hereford City Excavations. Further Sites and Evolving Interpretations', p. 84 |
| Glouc | TF90 | Vince, A, 1974, revised 1978 'Guide to the pottery of Gloucester' |
| Warks | SG14 | Soden, I, and Ratkai, S, 1998 'Warwickshire Medieval and Post Medieval Pottery Type Series', p. 106 |