Dotted North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware Mug Body Sherd

One North Midlands/Staffordshire slipware body sherd with an interior and exterior white slip that appears yellow under a lead glaze. The exterior is decorated with one partial dot of red slip that appears brown under the glaze. A small section of the exterior surface is unglazed. Likely part of a mug/cup. Mends with sherds 711.1 and 711.4 but is not joined.

• Object number

  711.8

• Date made

  1660 - 1720s

• Decoration

  Slip Dotted

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Mug

  Cup

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Disturbed Areas of Cobble Floor (624.711)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned