Fabric 64.1 - Worcester-type sandy glazed ware
Form number
64.1/07
Manufacture
Hand-made
Type
Dripping dish
Type reference
MPRG 5.03.06
Spout description
Pinched
Handle description
Horizontal rod
Base description
Convex, knife trimmed
Glaze extent: internal
Total
Function
Used to catch juices from roasting meat. These vessels have distinctive soot deposits on the one long side which was nearest the flames with the handle on the opposite side, indicating this side to have been in direct contact with an open fire.
General distribution
Dripping dishes of this fabric type only occur in small quantity in assemblages and don't appear to have been widely distributed outside of Worcester itself.
Medieval (mid 13th to 14th century)