2000 years of pottery forms and shapes
Saxo-Norman AD 850 - 1150

• Common name Stamford ware
• Class Spouted pitcher
• Height 170mm
• Identifier PW52
• Production centre at Stamford in south Lincolnshire
• Distribution throughout central and north England
• Use for decanting wine or ale
• Date 10th-12th century AD
• Published in Hobson 1903, B.200, 52 - 6 
• Historic context a property at the eastern end of the High Street, Oxford
• Presented to the British Museum in 1887 by A W Franks

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