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Category Archives: Post-Medieval Archaeology
SMASHED IN THE CELLAR: The Surgeon/Apothecary
Edward Spencer Surgeon/Apothecary Following on from my previous post, a little about the man whose bankruptcy precipitated the disposal of a huge quantity of household goods in the back garden of 8 Cathedral Green, Wells in about 1820. Amongst the … Continue reading
SMASHED IN THE CELLAR: Life in 18th-century Wells, Somerset
Smashed in The Cellar, Wells and Mendip Museum in Somerset. 16 February – 12 April 2024 The exhibition is built around the remarkable ‘hoard’ of ceramics, glass and other artefacts found dumped in a backfilled cellar and a cess-pit to … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, ceramics, China, Contemporary Art, Museums, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Slipware
Tagged 18th century, Archaeology, art, ceramics, earthenware, history, porcelain, pottery, social history, travel
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China Comes to Wells
Chinese Export Porcelain from Archaeological Excavations at Wells and Mendip Museum When Wells and Mendip Museum in Wells, Somerset decided to build an extension to the rear of their building on Cathedral Green in the early 1990s they were expecting … Continue reading
Published: Late Medieval Pottery Kilns at Newport… + Interpretation of Pottery Production Sites
Our book is out! We are very pleased to be able to show it off. It comes in two sections – Part 1 is the archaeological report on the late-Medieval Pottery Kilns at Newport, Pembrokeshire. The site consists of the … Continue reading
40 Years Since the Bickley Ceramics Project Began
Something 2020 positive for once! In 2021 it will be 40 years since we began making pots and building kilns at Bickley! The summer of 2020 would have seen the 40th event. For the people who took part in the … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bickley Ceramics Project, Bonfire Firing, bottle kiln, Experimental Archaeology, International Ceramics Festival, Kilns and Kiln-building, Medieval pottery, Open firing, Post-Medieval Archaeology, Studio Ceramics, Winchcombe Pottery
Tagged archaeological ceramics, Bickley Project, earthenware, experimental firing, experimental kiln, historic ceramics, ICF, kiln building, medieval kiln, Medieval Pottery Research Group, Plimoth Patuxet, Plimoth Plantation, updraught kiln, Winchcombe Pottery
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Bristol 1944: Coffee, Doughnuts and a Lost Dog-Tag
A few years ago one of my students found a metal label in the grounds of Bristol School of Art in Clifton. She had been in the military and recognised it as an American military dog-tag from the Second World … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Architecture, Bristol, Germany, Modernism, Post-Medieval Archaeology, World War 2
Tagged 244 Engineer Combat Battalion, American Red Cross, Bristol School of Art, ceramics, Clifton, Concrete, D-Day, Dog-tags, history, Modernism, prefabricated buildings, Queens Road, Red Cross Club, Second World War, US Army, Utility pottery, Utility scheme, WWII
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Modernism or Pragmatism. British Utility Ceramics in the 1940s.
A small collection of Utility pottery has turned up during building work on the site of the American Red Cross Club in Bristol. Made between 1943 and 1951, these wares were produced under Government control primarily for military use. Identifying … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Bristol, Modernism, Post-Medieval Archaeology, World War 2
Tagged Archaeology, Bristol School of Art, ceramics, Clifton, earthenware, history, Modernism, pottery, Queens Road, Second World War, WWII
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Post-War Modern: A Concrete Greenhouse
During the Second World War prefabricated building design and technology developed very rapidly. In Britain manufacturing was tightly controlled and many small companies learned new skills in the process. Hendy Quarry in South Wales was probably one of these and … Continue reading
Clay and Fire 