Post Medieval - Ceramic building material (7.CBM.BE.0006)

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Thin section picture

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Category
Ceramic building material (Post Medieval)
Fabric name
Chronology
Post Medieval > Modern > 1654-1674
Dating method(-s)
morphology (?), historical sources
Potters' mark
No
Additional information
saggar rim fragment (ovenkoker randfragment); notice the onset of a triangular opening to insert a earthenware peg to separate the ceramic objects ; used in the firing process of faience/majolica

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Site type
Pottery production
Location
Belgium; Oost-Vlaanderen; Gent
Site name
Gent, Bisdomplein
Excavation or Survey Team
Dienst Stadsarcheologie Gent
Additional contextual information
site code: BP06; WP2-vlak 0-1; BP06-xx-xxx; pit/layer with potter's waste; attributed to the faience/majolica workshop/pottery company of Pieter Stockholm, located in the Gerard de Duivelsteen
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Slip
No
Slip color
Glaze
No
Glaze type
Glaze color
Glaze additives
Additional information
Surface color
beige yellow
Surface texture
Rough
Fracture color
beige yellow
Inclusions (non-plastics/tempering)
quartz, white porous inclusions, dark grey to brown oval to round inclusions (?)
Matrix and voids
large vughs and vesicles, indicators of badly mixed clay
Diagnostic features
Additional information
sample GENT_BP_ST4
Sample type
Building material (decorative, construction)
Inventory number
7.CBM.BE.0006
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

Acke et al. 2007

Full reference

Acke B., Laleman M.C., Lievois D., Steurbaut E., Stoops G. & Trommelmans R. 2007. Bisdomplein. Stadsarcheologie. Bodem en monument in Gent reeks 2, nr. 1.

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