A selection of ceramics through the ages (5 second delay) Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology The Collections:
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Early Europe & Near East
Classical to Medieval
Europe from 1500
Oriental & Islamic
2000 years of pottery forms and shapes
Early Medieval AD 1000 - 1250

  • Common Name Shelly coarse ware, Northamptonshire
  • Class Conical jug
  • Height 365mm
  • Identifier PW06
  • Production centre in south Northamptonshire
  • Distribution south, west and east of the production centre
  • Use decanter for wine or ale
  • Date Late 12th - 13th century AD
  • Published in Bruce-Mitford and Jope 1940, Pl XI, C - D, 46
  • Historic context a property in Radcliffe Square, Oxford
  • Presented by A B Emden
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