Slip Decorated North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware Body Sherd

One very small buff-bodied North Midlands/Staffordshire slipware body sherd with both surfaces covered with a dark red slip. Both surfaces have a dark yellow or brown glaze covering the slip, which gives the appearance that the surface is black in color.

• Object number

  148.157

• Date made

  1670 - 1795

• Decoration

  Slip Decorated

  Lead Glazed

• Color

  Red

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Light Brown Coarse Sand with Shell (624.148)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware