Description:
Buckley ware is a lead glazed ware made of mixed red and yellow/white clay from the northwest region of England mainly near Wales and of course Buckley. The use of two clays tends to be more obvious on utilitarian pieces than on tablewares, which are more finely and completely mixed. The two different colored clays tend to give the paste a purplish look with swirling seen in the cross section. Buckley wares are usually undecorated with a dark brown or black lead glaze. Some ribbing from manufacture can be seen on the exterior of the vessels. A red slip can usually be seen under the glaze. Most of the large utilitarian vessels also had very thick rims. A similar fragment to this example was found at Port Tobacco Archaeological Site, Port Tobacco Village, Charles County, Maryland. Whole, surviving "Buckley" ware vessels are rare and scarce. Tall, thrown, cylindrical pot or more specifically butter pot, pot has circular open mouth which is unglazed; thick and heavy rim, body is slightly ovoid in shape and has dinstinctive rings or ridges along the exterior and somewhat on the interior too from being thrown and tooled, interior glazed with manganese lead glaze; exterior of pot glazed with manganese stained lead glaze except for the bottom three inches, the bottom of is flat. Condition: some large chips off of the rim of the vessel, some losses of glaze on the exterior of the pot, some losses and chips to the base of the pot.
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