Brandsby-type Ware is a type of

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produced in

Brandsby Brandsby is a village in North Yorkshire, England. The village is the main constituent of the Brandsby-cum-Stearsby Civil Parish in the District of Hambleton. The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday book''. It lies between Easingwold and Ho ...

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, England, in the 13th and 14th centuries AD.Jennings, S. 1992. ''Medieval Pottery in the Yorkshire Museum'', York, 18–21.

Production zone

Brandsby-type ware production is centred on the village of

,Mainman, A. and Jenner, A. 2013. ''Medieval Pottery from York'' (Archaeology of York 16/9), York, 1230–1245. 22 km from

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

but is presumed to have been made in a number of villages to the north of

Fabric

Brandsby-type ware is a lightly gritted fabric, generally

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to white, pink, pale brown, or reddish-yellow and sometimes with a grey core.Brooks, C.M. 1987. ''Medieval and Later Pottery from Aldwark and Other Sites'', York, 153–154. They are generally finer and sandier, and usually more hard-fired than the earlier and comparable York Glazed Ware.

Form and decoration

The main form produced from Brandsby-type ware is the jug (or

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jug), but cooking pots, bowls and condiment dishes also feature.McCarthy, M.R. and Brooks, C.M. 1988. ''Medieval pottery in Britain AD900-1600'', Leicester, 233–236. Initially the forms are very similar to York Glazed Ware, but the ware later develops its own unique decorative style including rouletting or roller-stamping, combed wavy lines, or plain incised lines.

References

External links

Brandsby Ware jug handlge fragment on the Portable Antiquities Scheme DatabaseBrandsby Ware jug in the Yorkshire Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandsby-type Ware Ceramics of medieval England 13th century in England 14th century in England

Production zone

Fabric

Form and decoration

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