Fabric 69 - Oxidised glazed Malvernian ware
Form number
69/05
Manufacture
Hand-made
Type
Dripping dish
Type reference
MPRG 5.03.06
Rim description
Clubbed
Spout description
Pinched
Handle description
Horizontal rod
Base description
Flat with small oval sectioned foot underneath handle
Glaze color
Speckled green
Glaze extent: internal
Total
Function
Used to catch juices from roasting meat. These vessels have distinctive soot deposits on the one long side which was nearest the flames with the handle on the opposite side, indicating this side to have been in direct contact with an open fire.
Medieval (early 15th to 16th century)
South of Droitwich in the Severn valley area and south of Hereford in the Wye valley
South of Droitwich in the Severn valley area and south of Hereford in the Wye valley