Combed North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware Body Sherd

One buff bodied North Midlands/Staffordshire Slipware hollowware body sherd coated on both surfaces with a white slip that appears yellow under a lead glaze. The exterior is decorated with a very fine combed design with oxide powdered lines. The red slip used for this decoration appears brown under the glaze. This sherd mends with sherd 906.1 but the two are not joined. Likely part of the same vessel as sherds 906.41, 906.10, 906.5, and 906.11. May be part of a mug.

• Object number

  906.4

• Date made

  1660 - 1720s

• Decoration

  Combed

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Mug

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Deposit GBS: Gray and Black Silt (624.906)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned