Brandsby-type ware

Brandsby-type Ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in Brandsby, North Yorkshire, England, in the 13th and 14th centuries AD.^[1]

Brandsby-type ware pot in the Yorkshire Museum

Production zone

Brandsby-type ware production is centred on the village of Brandsby, North Yorkshire,^[2] 22 km from York but is presumed to have been made in a number of villages to the north of York.^[2]

Fabric

Brandsby-type ware is a lightly gritted fabric, generally oxidised to white, pink, pale brown, or reddish-yellow and sometimes with a grey core.^[3] They are generally finer and sandier, and usually more hard-fired than the earlier and comparable York Glazed Ware.^[2]

Form and decoration

The main form produced from Brandsby-type ware is the jug (or baluster jug), but cooking pots, bowls and condiment dishes also feature.^[4] Initially the forms are very similar to York Glazed Ware, but the ware later develops its own unique decorative style including rouletting or roller-stamping, combed wavy lines, or plain incised lines.^[1][4]

See also

• History of Yorkshire
• Medieval York
• York Glazed Ware
• Humber ware