Medieval - Red oxidized ware: highly decorated (6.ROHD.BE.0003)
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- Category
- Red oxidized ware: highly decorated (Medieval)
- Fabric name
- Chronology
- Medieval > Late Medieval > /
- Dating method(-s)
- /
- Potters' mark
- No
- Additional information
- rouletting decoration
Find location
- Site type
- Pottery production
- Location
- Belgium; West-Vlaanderen; Brugge
- Site name
- Brugge, Kruisvest - Sint-Janshuismolen
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Stedelijke Archeologische Dienst Brugge
- Additional contextual information
- site code: BR77/KR; archaeological site monitoring; only potter's waste was found, no kilns were documented
- Slip
- Yes
- Slip color
- white
- Glaze
- Yes
- Glaze type
- lead glaze
- Glaze color
- green, yellow
- Glaze additives
- Additional information
- Slip
- No
- Slip color
- Glaze
- No
- Glaze type
- Glaze color
- Glaze additives
- Additional information
- Surface color
- orange-red
- Surface texture
- Smooth
- Fracture color
- orange-red (thin grey core)
- Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
-
quartz
- Matrix and voids
- some rare small vughs
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample BR_KV_ST2
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH1.L1.B24a
- Original inventory nr.
- A0040
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Matrix
-
Oxidised red fabric with slip and glaze; brown (PPL), darkbrown (XP).
Semi-homogenous matrix, non-calcerous with no optical activity.
- ca. 55-70% - Inclusions
-
Oxidised red fabric with slip and glaze; brown (PPL), darkbrown (XP).
Semi-homogenous matrix, non-calcerous with no optical activity.
- ca. 55-70% - Voids
-
Many small planar voids and few larger vughs, moderately aligned, no infill.
- ca. 10-15% - Diagnostic features
- The fabric is characterized by a semi-homogeneous oxidised matrix with no optical activity and moderate porosity. Dominant quartz inclusions with frequent sedimentary and metamorphic rock detritus, chert/flint, common feldspars, opaques/iron oxides and iron-rich clay pellets, few muscovite mica and clay pellets/semi-plastics. Overall moderately to poorly sorted fabric.
- Additional information
- Slip and glaze layer on exterior surface.
- Sample type
- Pottery
- Inventory number
- 6.ROHD.BE.0003
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Raakvlak, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Pakhuizen
- Host collection
- Raakvlak, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Pakhuizen
- Other samples available
- Yes
- Sample collection method
- Archaeological Excavation
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Last modified: 2024-04-27.