Title: |
ANALYSIS OF 17TH CENTURY DELFTWARE POTTERY SHERDS FROM LONDON |
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Historic England Research Reports
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A large assemblage of pottery kiln waste material, derived from the nearby Pickleherring pottery kiln, was discovered in the 17th century back-fill of a large 15th century pond, between Tooley Street and the Thames. The waste material included broken fired clay vessels covered in a friable white coating. The friable coating was found to be an unfired glaze consisting of four original components: finely ground, glassy, predominantly lead frit; particles of lead-tin oxide (lead stannate); particles of quartz and probably some fine clay. Calcium carbonate had crystallised in the glaze during burial and the particles of glass frit had weathered by varying amounts. The clay fabric was inhomogeneous in some areas and was made up by mixing at least two clays together; one of which was rich in calcium oxide. The glaze and clay compositions are consistent with those of Delftware pottery, with its characteristic tin oxide opacified, lead glaze and mixed clay fabric, which was produced in London during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
Author: |
S Paynter
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Publisher: |
Historic England
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Southwark Borough Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2000
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Locations: |
Site: |
Tooley Street |
Parish: |
SOUTHWARK |
District: |
Southwark |
County: |
Greater London |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Tooley Street |
Location - Auto Detected: |
London |
Grid Reference: 533400, 180100 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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WASTER
(Object England)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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POND
(Monument Type England)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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WASTER TIP
(Monument Type England)
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18th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
17th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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FIELD SURVEY
(Event)
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17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
englishh2-132739 |
OBIB: |
56/2000 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report of 9pp.
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |