Medieval Ceramic Group

15TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER

20 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (11.7 kg total including box, 53 x 23.5 cm).

Composed of glazed and decorated fragmentary vessel fragments. [10, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. Taylor, K., Hull, G., 'Excavation of Post-medieval Features and a Dump of Late Eighteen-century Artefacts from 5/6-7 Market Street, Oxford' in Oxoniensia, LXVII, pp.313-357, figs.1-3-10 (dishes-bowls).

Footnotes

Bowls similar to the specimen in this group, dated to of the first half of the 17th century, were present in very small numbers in the Oxford excavations of late Medieval and Post Medieval levels. Locally manufactured bowls of the second half of the 17th century were found in large numbers from the various layers, made up of Oxford Type B, with their distinctive angular profiles, dated circa 1650-1690.

CONDITION

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LOT 1576