Description:
This jug belongs to a class of wares often referred to as Border wares, a type of post-medieval pottery used in London in the 16th and 17th centuries. These lead glazed, sandy earthenwares were produced along the border between north-east Hampshire and west Surrey in an area known as Blackwater Valley in southern England. These earthenwares developed from a long tradition of pottery industries in the same area during the medieval period.There were two types of Border wares - fine white wares and fine red wares. These green-glazed border wares were derived from an earlier medieval pottery called Surrey white wares, specifically the "Tudor Green wares," the thin-walled, green-glazed, white-fired earthenwares produced during the Tudor era. The later green wares like this example do not have as fine a body as the earlier ones. Border wares have been found archaeologically in Plymouth, Kingston, Marshfield, and Boston, Massachusetts. Jug, England, north east Surrey, Sutton, Cheam, 16th century. Earthenware with partial dip of mottled, greenish-yellow lead glaze. Thrown, baluster form, the flaring neck with a rolled rim and affixed loop handle, buff-colored earthenware body, tall, narrow cylindrical jug, body has funnel neck, with pinched spout on rounded rim, applied strap handle, stricture above the belly, tapering bellied body on flat base, the upper half of the jug has been partially dipped in a green colored lead glaze, glaze does not coat the interior of the pot, there is a large amount of soot and patina to the lower half of the pot where the body is unglazed, the underside of the jug is painted an accession number in white: "EUR.CER/1314/A" Condition: Generally good with minor chips.
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