Fabric 69 - Oxidised glazed Malvernian ware
Form number
69/02
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Type
Shouldered jug
Type reference
MPRG 3.01.09
Rim description
Inturned, thickened
Spout description
Pinched
Handle description
Strap
Base description
Thumb impressed
Glaze extent: external
Near total
Decoration type
Occasional roller stamping
Decoration description
Some jugs have applied faces. Handles are generally stabbed or slashed.
Function
Storage. Evidence of sooting has been found on a number of thumbed bases, suggesting that vessels were sometimes placed in the embers of a fire to heat the contents.
General distribution
Mainly in the Severn and Wye Valleys with examples noted as far north as Shrewsbury.
Medieval (mid 13th to 14th century)