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| PotWeb: | Ceramics
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• | Early Europe & Near East | |
| • | Classical to Medieval | |||
| • | Europe from 1500 | |||
| • | Oriental & Islamic | |||
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2000
years of pottery forms and shapes |
| Brill/Boarstall ware |  |
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| Cylindrical mugs | Drinking jugs, biconical & rounded | Rounded jug | Rounded jug | Shouldered jug | |
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| Rounded jug | Baluster jug with lid | Domed lid |
| Jars were less common during the late medieval period, but now displayed rims with internal flanges on occasions, possibly to accommodate a lid. Jugs were used as decanters, and those with a smaller capacity probably as drinking vessels. Applied plastic decoration was less popular than in the previous period. Well-glazed mugs were new innovations as were cisterns with bung holes for decanting the liquid contents. Dripping pans, designed to catch the juices under the spit during the cooking of meat expanded the potter's repertoire, as did chafing dishes to keep the food warm at table and costrels for carrying liquid (not illustrated). |
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