First-century pottery manufacture at Eccles, Kent
by Alec Detsicas
Roman Pottery Studies in Britain and Beyond.
BAR S30 Oxford, 19-36
38.
Picture Yellowish cream fabric, with
some fine sand and pitting, its virtually vertical rim-profile much more
undercut than previous necks.
39.
Picture A slender neck in white, creamy fabric, its lip more deeply recessed than
no. 36, above.
40.
Picture Buff-coloured fabric, badly pitted, the rim-profile beginning to curve
outwards, slightly undercut.
41. Picture Fabric as for no. 40, but with a narrower, more out-curved lip; some
distortion at the upper junction of handle and neck.
42.
Picture Light red, fairly sandy fabric, its lip projecting further away from the
neck and curving to a pointed, undercut lower edge.
43.
Picture The fabric is badly pitted, pinkish white, though this is due to firing, its
fairly narrow rim-profile markedly hooked.
44.
Picture A fairly heavy, thick flagon neck, in creamy, pink, hard fabric, with some
sand, pitted; the rim-profile is less hooked, but its lower edge is rounded.
45.
Picture A fairly slender neck, in off-white, creamy fabric; its rim-profile recalls
no. 42, above, but the lip is almost rounded to a bead.
46.
Picture White, lightly sanded fabric, with a rather heavy rim, slightly beaded at
the edge.
47.
Picture Buff fabric, heavily sanded,
with much pitting, and a heavy, hooked rim-profile.
48. Picture
A heavy neck from a fairly large flagon, in white, fairly sandy fabric, with
some pitting, beaded at the top and bottom of the rim.
49.
Picture
White, sandy fabric, rather pitted, with a buff, light grey sandwich core,
and a flattened handle; slight beading at the top and bottom of the rim.
50.
Picture Heavy, out-flared rim-profile, in white fabric and buff core.
51. Picture
Pink, sandy fabric, beaded at the top of the rim.
52. Picture
White fabric, buff core, with grooving of the rim-profile.
53. Picture
Hard, yellowish cream fabric, some pitting; the rim-profile is grooved and
recessed.
54. Picture
Creamy, buff fabric, buff core, with an angular rim-profile, which is
recessed and distorted.
55. Picture
Creamy fabric, one of several flagons with a frilled rim, grooved round the
neck.
56. Picture
Pinkish cream fabric, cracked and distorted, with a rim-profile coming to a
point and constricted by cordons.
57. Picture
Off-white fabric, some pitting and distortion of the handle, with a stepped
rim-profile.
58. Picture
A heavy neck in white fabric and buff core, badly distorted at the top; the
rim-profile is heavily stepped and recessed.