Fabric 75 - North Devon gravel-tempered ware
Form number
75/01
Manufacture
Wheel-thrown
Type
Barrel-shaped jar
Rim description
Everted, can have lid seat
Handle description
Rod (where present)
Base description
Flat
Glaze color
Brownish green
Glaze extent: internal
Total
Decoration type
Occasional applied thumbed strips
Function
Many of these jars have evidence of external burning and/or sooting, indicating that they were primarily used as cooking vessels.
General distribution
This is the most commonly identified form of this fabric type. Sherds from barrel-shaped jars are regularly identified in 16th-17th century assemblages from Worcester and also occur in smaller quantity from sites throughout the county.
Post Medieval (16th-17th century)