Samian ware was a type of highly-regarded pottery made in Gaul. The pots were vivid red and featured extraordinarily intricate designs. Samian ware was produced in vast numbers. One record states that 34 potters working[…]
Category: Pots
The Romans in Britain: Imported Pottery
Pottery was required in such large quantities that even before Emperor Claudius’s invasion in 43 AD, it was Britain’s most imported item, above food and all other products. However, the trade of actually making pottery[…]
Cooking Pots
The types of cooking pot shown here are found in every Iron Age settlement in southern England at this time (about 300 BC-AD 43). At this time in the Iron Age pots were handmade from[…]
Lincoln Pottery
Lincoln-type pottery has only been found in Lincoln. It is a hard, sandy ware, similar to Thetford-type ware but fired to a higher temperature giving a metallic finish, varying in colour from dark[…]
Tin-glazed plate
Tin-glazed plate is a plate found in the Nottingham caves which date back to 18th century. It covered in glaze containing tin oxide which is white, shiny and opaque. The pottery body is usually made[…]