Medieval - Red oxidized ware: lead glazed (6.ROLG.BE.0004)

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Category
Red oxidized ware: lead glazed (Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Medieval > Late Medieval > 1300-1350
Dating method(-s)
Potters' mark
No
Additional information

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Gent
Site name
Gent, Steendam
Excavation or Survey Team
W. Desmet
Additional contextual information
loose find during construction works in 1995; no detailed contextual information (undocumented observations); part of an assemblage of 13 objects interpreted as potters waste
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
Yes
Glaze type
lead glaze
Glaze color
orange brown
Glaze additives
Additional information
partial glaze
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
Yes
Glaze type
lead glaze
Glaze color
brown
Glaze additives
Additional information
rare glaze spatter
Surface color
orange brown
Surface texture
Smooth
Fracture color
orange to orange brown
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz
Matrix and voids
several small vesicles
Diagnostic features
Additional information
sample GENT_STD_ST2
Sample type
Pottery
Inventory number
6.ROLG.BE.0004
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Stadsarcheologie Gent, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Zwarte Doos
Host collection
s
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Loose Find

Berkers et al. 2011

Full reference

Berkers M., De Smet G. & Stoops G. 2011. Steendam: laatmiddeleeuwse pottenbakkersvondsten. Archeologisch onderzoek in Gent 2002-2011. Stadsarcheologie. Bodem en monument in Gent, reeks 2, Gent: 151-168.

 

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