Wanstrow pottery
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The surface of the inside of this pot is ridged with narrow horizontal striations, less than a millimetre apart, and a corner is covered with a green glaze. The outside has a thin layer of a dark material that in many places is scratched away to reveal the orange fabric. Both the dark and orange areas sparkle with minute inclusions.
This potsherd comes from the Wanstrow potteries, Somerset, around 32km (20 miles) south-southeast of Brislington, and dates to between 1550 and 1750.
Material: ceramic
Period: Post Medieval
Find spot: Hampstead Road, Brislington, Bristol. ST 612710
Exhibit contributed by Ken Taylor
Text written by Ken Taylor, in 2011
Photographer: Ken Taylor
Acquisition number: 110618a7