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• | Early Europe & Near East | |
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| • | Europe from 1500 | |||
| • | Oriental & Islamic | |||
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2000
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| Brill/Boarstall ware | 
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| Baluster jug | Baluster jugs | Triple-decker jug | Puzzle jug | Biconical jug | |
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| Shouldered jug | Rounded jug | Conical jug | Pear-shaped jug |
| During the highly decorated period, jars included some examples with handles and some fine-walled vessels. Jugs predominated and were used for decanting wine or ale. Ceramic vessels began to copy metal prototypes: such an example is the aquamanile. Shelled lamps and skillets (frying pans) (not illustrated) were new innovations. The wide variety of jugs were often well decorated and many displayed a good sense of spatial design. White slip was sometimes found to cover the entire vessel and then concealed with green or mottled green glaze. These colours gradually became more evident than the clear glazes associated with the Early medieval period. Plastic decoration was very popular during the second half of the thirteenth century, but face masks were amongst the less usual styles of decoration. |
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