York Glazed Ware
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York Glazed Ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in North Yorkshire, England in the 12th and 13th centuries AD.[1][2]
Production zone
The name 'York Glazed Ware' comes from the initial identification of the type in York,[1] but the manufacturing area is the Hambleton Hills, 30 miles north of York.[1] Production dates from the late 12th to mid-13th centuries AD,[3] after which it was steadily replaced in assemblages by Brandsby-type ware.
Fabric
Although referred to as 'white ware', the fabric can be light brown, light grey or pink.[4] The fabric has an open texture, hackly break, often with sparse to moderate quantities of iron-stained quartz included in the temper.[4]
Form and decoration
The ceramic is usually used to create jugs, some with tubular spouts, some lids, cooking pots, condiment dishes, and aquamaniles.[2] Decorative elements include applied, incised, rouletted or combed types.[4] The most distinctive decoration is applied clay pads stamped with seals,[2] visible on the exterior of large jugs.[1] The glaze is usually green (but sometime yellow), lustrous and almost metallic.[5]
The glaze is coloured green through the addition of copper, giving a shade from "apple green to dark dark green, often with darker speckles".[3]
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