Marbled North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware Body Sherd

One buff bodied North Midlands/Staffordshire Slipware body sherd of a hollowware vessel coated with a white slip that appears yellow under a lead glaze. The exterior is decorated with a marbled red slip that appears brown under the glaze.

• Object number

  893.4

• Date made

  1660 - 1720s

• Decoration

  Marbled

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Deposit GBS: Gray and Black Silt (624.893)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned