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Stamford ware is a type of
Stamford ware is a type of lead-glazed earthenware
Lead-glazed earthenware is one of the traditional types of earthenware with a ceramic glaze, which coats the ceramic biscuit body and renders it impervious to liquids, as terracotta itself is not. Plain lead glaze is shiny and transparent after ...
, one of the earliest forms of glazed ceramics manufactured in England. It was produced in Stamford, Lincolnshire between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. It was widely traded across Britain and the near continent. The most popular forms were jugs, spouted pitchers, and small bowls. Distribution of Stamford ware has been used to map trade routes of the period.
Early Stamford glazes are essentially lead glazes, and it has been suggested they were unique among early English glazes as they contain traces of silver but not tin. The glaze was applied with a brush and can be pale yellow, orange, pale green and smoke blue. This depended on many factors including glaze composition, iron content and whether fired in reduced or oxidised conditions.
Examples can be seen at Stamford Museum
Stamford Museum was located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, in Great Britain. It was housed in a Victorian building in Broad Street, Stamford, and was run by the museum services of Lincolnshire County Council from 1980 to 2011.
The building and are ...
and elsewhere.
Greenish Anglo-Saxon pottery discovered in the town in 1950 suggests lead glaze was in use in early times. A medieval kiln was found during work at Stamford School in 1963, and a much earlier one in Stamford Castle in 1976.
Various modern potters have produced work inspired by Stamford ware, including Joba in Stamford in the 1970s. No potter is currently making salt glaze work in the area.
See also
* Surrey whiteware *Border ware
Border ware is a type of post-medieval Great Britain, British pottery commonly used in the South of England, London and then later in the Thirteen Colonies, early American colonies beginning in the sixteenth and ending in the nineteenth century w ...
*Humber ware
Humber ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in North Yorkshire, England in the late 13th to early 16th Centuries AD.Jennings, S. 1992. ''Medieval Pottery in the Yorkshire Museum'', York, 27-29.
Production zone
Two of the best known product ...
*List of English medieval pottery
English medieval pottery was produced in Britain from the sixth to the late fifteen centuries AD.
During the sixth to the eighth centuries, pottery was handmade locally and fired in a bonfire. Common pottery fabrics consisted of clay tempered with ...
References
{{reflist Ceramics of medieval England Medieval sites in England Anglo-Saxon archaeology England in the High Middle Ages Stamford, Lincolnshire