Fabric 69 - Oxidised glazed Malvernian ware
Form number
69/09
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Type
Concave-sided bowl
Type reference
MPRG 5.01.03
Other type
Flared bowl
Rim description
Folded, can have lid-seating
Glaze color
Green-yellow
Glaze extent: internal
Total
Glaze extent: external
Sparse
Decoration description
Some examples with an applied, thumbed strip under the rim.
Function
Large wide mouthed , narrow based, flared bowls. Could have been used for a number of purposes but a considerable number have burnt deposits on the outside and could have been used to make cream (Vince 1984).
Medieval (later 15th to 17th century)
Notes
These bowls come in a variety of sizes, the largest recorded having a diameter of almost a metre.
Bowls of this type were found at the kiln site in Hanley Swan (Hurst 1994).