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Ipswich ware is a type of Anglo-Saxon pottery produced in Britain between the eighth and ninth centuries AD. Manufactured in the Ipswich, Suffolk area, it is considered to be the first wheel-turned and mass-produced pottery in post-Roman Britain. The pottery is a simple, hard grey ware with little or no decoration. Most vessel types include ...
During the early and middle Anglo-Saxon era in southeast England, sandy wares, organic tempered ware, imported grey wares and a small number of Ipswich wares were commonly found. [3] Shell-tempered ware, often referred to as "Shelly wares" first appeared in the area in the seventh century and continued to be used until the end of the ninth century.
Laceby Beck, fed by Welbeck spring, flows into the River Freshney before it reaches Grimsby.. Welbeck Hill is the site of Roman and early Saxon pottery finds, [1] and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, located around 1.75 miles from Laceby, and around 3 miles from Riby, in North East Lincolnshire, England.
In Canterbury, mid to late Anglo Saxon pottery are predominantly Sandy wares and Shelly wares. The study revealed that the most common pottery type found in Kent during the early to mid Anglo-Saxon era was Sandy Ware, which included three different groups: fine sandy ware, sandy ware, and coarse sandy ware. Five Sandy Ware fabrics were ...
The Anglo-Saxon settlement gradually moved north over the course of two hundred years after its establishment. [23] During or after the 8th century, the settlement was either abandoned, or drifted beyond the area that was excavated. [24] The area previously occupied by the Anglo-Saxon settlement became part of a Saxo-Norman field system. [5]
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
Greenish Anglo-Saxon pottery discovered in the town [5] in 1950 suggests lead glaze was in use in early times. A medieval kiln was found during work at Stamford School [6] in 1963, and a much earlier one in Stamford Castle in 1976. [7]
Cups made from glass, metal, pottery, and in the shape of drinking horns are also known since antiquity. The ancient Greek term for a drinking horn was simply keras (plural kerata , "horn"). [ 3 ] To be distinguished from the drinking-horn proper is the rhyton (plural rhyta ), a drinking-vessel made very loosely in the shape of a horn ...