Dotted North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware 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 red slip that appears brown under the glaze. Likely part of a dotted hollowware vessel.

• Object number

  767.15

• Date made

  1660 - 1720s

• Decoration

  Slip Dotted

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Sand and Sandy Silt Below Cobble Floor (624.767)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned