MEDIEVAL VESSEL

An un-diagnostic body sherd from a relatively thin walled glazed stoneware vessel; not enough survives to indicate the form or overall size. The sherd is most likely to date from the later medieval or post medieval period (1350 - 1650). It is irregular in plan and curved in profile. The fabric is a relatively hard fired stoneware with a number of small angular and sub-angular black grit and quartz inclusions. The fabric is also mica rich. The colour of the fabric is a uniform off white grey, with the inner surface being a mid brown orange and the outer surface being glazed. The glaze is a mid yellow green colour and has been abraded and deteriorated in the soil. Not enough of the vessel survives to suggest the size or form; it is likely to come from the body, rather than the rim or base of a vessel, probably used for storage. The sherd measures: 33.7mm in length, 17.4mm width, is 6mm thick and weighs 5.83 grams.