Medieval Ceramics Volume 09: Bulletin of the Medieval Pottery Research Group

This paper reviews three articles written by Gerald Dunning on inscriptions on medieval pottery, the scene on a medieval jug from London, and phallic imagery on medieval jugs. There appears to be insufficient evidence to maintain a magical significance in the inscriptions, and the scene on the London jug may represent the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise rather than a brothel. Phallic imagery may be related to ritual social occasions by analogy with the bronze figure known as Jack of Hilton. It is suggested that some medieval pottery decoration may be inspired by social occasions such as feasts.

Ceramic cross-fits have long been recognised as an aid to the interpretation of dumping processes and site stratigraphy. Where they occur in vertical sequence, presenting all the relevant data can be difficult for the ceramic is t and confusing for the reader. Expressing this information in table form is often not a flexible enough approach to allow every aspect of a sequence to be appreciated. This article offers a graphic technique which allows a pattern of cross-fits to be examined and presented in a number of ways. This method not only increases the readers’ understanding and the ceramic is ts research options, it also enhances a publication with the inclusion of diagrams of dynamic, elegant and mysteriously technical mien.

This paper discusses a local pottery production in Duisburg of the 9th and 10th centuries. An attempt is made to show how this production developed and how it successfully competed with imported Vorgebirge ceramics. Two sources of the local pottery are discussed - one from kilns in Duisburg and the other from the settlement itself.

Until the establishment of the Nuneaton pottery industry in the 13th century, Coventry relied largely on locally produced wares. This report summarizes 12th century Coventry Sandy and Glazed Wares, and describes a waster group of slightly later date from the Cannon Park Estate - the first to be published from the Coventry area. Other evidence for the local medieval ceramic industry is reviewed.

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Medieval Ceramics Annual Bibliography 1985