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Category Archives: Folk and Country Pottery
Laser-scanning the 18th-century Kiln at Dunster
The kiln in Dunster is the oldest ‘complete’ pottery kiln in Britain and sits alone in the corner of the grounds of Dunster Castle in Somerset. It was built in 1759 and its construction is recorded in detail in the … Continue reading
Laser-Scanning the old Winchcombe Pottery Kiln
As a contribution to the project to repair and present the old bottle kiln at the Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire, David Dawson and I, together with Bill Stebbing of Scan to PLAN offered to carry out a full 3D laserscan … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, bottle kiln, Folk and Country Pottery, Kilns and Kiln-building, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Slipware, Studio Ceramics, Winchcombe Pottery
Tagged bottle kiln, bricks, ceramics, country pottery, crafts, earthenware, history, kiln, laser scan, pottery, Redware, Stoneware, updraught kiln, Winchcombe Pottery
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Jars and Jugs from the Newport Medieval Kiln Excavations
The late 15th/early 16th century pottery kiln preserved beneath the Memorial Hall in Newport, Pembrokeshire is a remarkable survivor (see The Newport Medieval Kiln, Pembrokeshire (Feb 2016). Identified by Mortimer Wheeler during the building of the hall in 1921 and … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Architectural Ceramics, Folk and Country Pottery, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Tiles
Tagged Archaeology, ceramics, crafts, earthenware, history, kiln, low-firing, medieval, Medieval pottery, Newport, Pembrokeshire, pottery, South Wales, Tiles, updraught kiln
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Two New 17th-century Potteries in Dorset
The post-medieval pottery of South Somerset has become increasingly well known and studied; the best recorded potteries being those around Donyatt that survived into the mid-20th century. Richard Coleman-Smith in particular excavated there and wrote and lectured extensively. In practice … Continue reading
Another Kiln: The Pott House, Bedminster, Bristol
A late 18th to mid-19th century redware pottery called The Pott House, was excavated in Boot Lane, Bedminster, Bristol in 2002. The closure of Bristol and Region Archaeological Services has been as sad day in the history of archaeology in … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bristol, Folk and Country Pottery, Kilns and Kiln-building
Tagged Bedminster, bottle kiln, earthenware, firebox, kiln, pottery, Redware
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Bridgwater Jugs – 19th Century ‘Severnside’ Redwares
On Facebook’s British Country Pottery Collectors group page recently a number of people have been sharing and discussing a particular group of 19th of early 20th century redware jugs. They are typical of the broad family of shapes made around … Continue reading
Posted in Bristol, Folk and Country Pottery
Tagged Bridgwater, country pottery, earthenware, Ewenny, Lead Glaze, Redware, Severnside, South Wales
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Puzzle Jugs and Puzzling Jugs
A question for the Potters and collectors. When is a puzzle jug not a puzzle jug? Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Folk and Country Pottery, Slipware, Studio Ceramics
Tagged botijo, clay, medieval jug, Medieval pottery, post-medieval pottery, Puzzle jug
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St. Ives, Slipware, Wheels and the Nance Brothers
Potters – throwers anyway – all admire the Leach Kick Wheel. It was designed for the Leach Pottery in the 1940s and later licensed to Woodley’s who manufactured them for wider sale. I used to have two in the pottery at … Continue reading
Posted in Folk and Country Pottery, Slipware
Tagged ceramics, crafts, Dicon Nance, Kick Wheel, Leach Pottery, Leach wheel, Robin Nance, St Ives
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Clay and Fire 