Fabric 102 - Central Gaulish glazed ware (St Remy-en-Rollat)
Hard fabric with sparse well-sorted quartz, red-brown iron rich inclusions and red-brown quartz-rich clay pellets, all measuring <0.4mm (Tomber and Dore 1998, 52).
White or cream fabric.
White or cream fabric.
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown; occasionally mould-made
Decoration
Translucent lead glaze varying from pale yellow-green to dark olive green in colour. Use of applied motifs, moulded or barbotine decoration on some vessels.
Allier Valley (Central Gaul), FRANCE
Produced at two sites - the Allier Valley and Lezoux. The majority of vessels found in Britain were produced in the former at St Remy-en-Rollat/Vichy. The ware is found throughout northern France, the Rheinland and western Switzerland. In Britain, distribution is widespread but sparse (Tyers 1996, 141). A single sherd from a beaker was identified at Blackwardine, Herefordshire (Rees 1990, 399).
2 related kilns
Produced at two sites - the Allier Valley and Lezoux. The majority of vessels found in Britain were produced in the former at St Remy-en-Rollat/Vichy. The ware is found throughout northern France, the Rheinland and western Switzerland. In Britain, distribution is widespread but sparse (Tyers 1996, 141). A single sherd from a beaker was identified at Blackwardine, Herefordshire (Rees 1990, 399).
2 related kilns
Roman (1st century AD)
Generally of mid 1st century in Britain.
Generally of mid 1st century in Britain.
Hardness
Hard
Feel
Smooth
Fracture
Smooth
Surface treatment
Translucent pale yellow-green to dark olive green lead glaze.
Core colour
Off-white
| DB ID | Modified | Description | Frequency | Size | Sorting | Rounding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 0 | Quartz | Sparse | Fine | Well-sorted | |
| 216 | 0 | Iron-rich pellets | Sparse | Fine | Well-sorted | |
| 217 | 0 | Clay pellets | Sparse | Fine | Well-sorted |