Post Medieval - Ceramic building material (7.CBM.BE.0003)

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Category
Ceramic building material (Post Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Post Medieval > Modern > 1650-1675
Dating method(-s)
/
Potters' mark
No
Additional information
saggar rim fragment (ovenkoker randfragment); used in the firing process of faience/majolica

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Gent
Site name
Gent, Bijlokehospitaal
Excavation or Survey Team
Dienst Stadsarcheologie Gent
Additional contextual information
site code: BH 95 (excavation 1995), BH95-BII-420; layer with potter's waste, attributed to the faience/majolica workshop/pottery company of "Gillis van de Vyvere" situated in close vicinity of the site
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
Yes
Glaze type
tin & lead glaze
Glaze color
white
Glaze additives
Additional information
partial (mixed ?) glaze
Surface color
orange-brown
Surface texture
Rough
Fracture color
orange-red
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz, red fired grog fragments (?), badly mixed clay, white porous inclusions
Matrix and voids
small vughs
Diagnostic features
Additional information
sample GENT_BH_ST2
Sample type
Building material (decorative, construction)
Inventory number
7.CBM.BE.0003
Collection
Archaeological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Stadsarcheologie Gent, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Zwarte Doos
Host collection
Stadsarcheologie Gent, Onroerenderfgoeddepot De Zwarte Doos
Other samples available
Yes
Sample collection method
Archaeological Excavation

Laleman et al. 1996

Full reference

Laleman M.C., Lievois D., Stoops G. & Swimberge P. 1996. Hollands porselein uit Gent. Stadsarcheologie. Bodem en monument in Gent 20, 3: 5-55.

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