Stoneware Crucible

Two mending ceramic base sherds from a small stoneware crucible. The stoneware is very crude, gray-colored and coarse-pasted. The crucible has a flat, rounded base. The interior has a thick burned residue and the exterior has a glaze-like melted substance adhered. 

• Object number

  790.80, 790.22

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 1.08 inches

• Animals/objects

  Crucible

• Category

  Manufacturing

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Metallurgy

• Material

  Stoneware

  Other

• Context

  Lot 14 North, Midden Level 1 (624.790)

• Forms

  Base

• Ware types

  Refractory Ware

  Germany

• Techniques

  Molded

  Wheel Thrown

  Burned