Brandsby-type ware

Brandsby-type Ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in Brandsby, North Yorkshire, England, in the 13th and 14th centuries AD.[1]

Brandsby-type ware pot in the Yorkshire Museum

Production zone

Brandsby-type ware production is centred on the village of Brandsby, North Yorkshire,[2] 22km from York but is presumed to have been made in a number of villages to the north of York.[2]

Fabric

Brandsby-type ware is a lightly gritted fabric, generally oxidised to white, pink, pale brown, or reddish-yellow and sometimes with a grey core.[3] They are generally finer and sandier, and usually more hard-fired than the earlier and comparable York Glazed Ware.[2]

Form and decoration

The main form produced from Brandsby-type ware is the jug (or baluster jug), but cooking pots, bowls and condiment dishes also feature.[4] Initially the forms are very similar to York Glazed Ware, but the ware later develops its own unique decorative style including rouletting or roller-stamping, combed wavy lines, or plain incised lines.[1][4]

See also

References
  1. Jennings, S. 1992. Medieval Pottery in the Yorkshire Museum, York, 18–21.
  2. Mainman, A. and Jenner, A. 2013. Medieval Pottery from York (Archaeology of York 16/9), York, 1230–1245.
  3. Brooks, C.M. 1987. Medieval and Later Pottery from Aldwark and Other Sites, York, 153–154.
  4. McCarthy, M.R. and Brooks, C.M. 1988. Medieval pottery in Britain AD900-1600, Leicester, 233–236.
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