Fabric 75 - North Devon gravel-tempered ware


Very hard fabric with a hackly fracture containing abundant ill-sorted grey, clear or white angular quartz and feldspathic gravel measuring <3.00mm.
Pinkish-buff, often with a grey core.


Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Decoration
Generally greenish brown glaze but variable and often uneven. All vessels are glazed internally and jugs are glazed externally, sometimes over a white slip.
Post Medieval (Late 16th - 18th century)

Hardness
Very Hard
Feel
Smooth
Fracture
Hackly
Surface treatment
Glazed, sometimes with a white slip underneath

Core colour
Dark grey
Int surface colour
Pinkish buff
Ext surface colour
Pinkish buff
DescriptionFrequencySizeSortingRounding
QuartzAbundantCoarseIll-sortedAngular
Feldspathic gravelAbundantCoarseIll-sortedAngular