by Matthew Law

Above: A fragment of marbled-patterned Staffordshire or Bristol slipware, Brislington, UK. Photo by Matthew Law

Earthenware, c.AD 1650 -1800, United Kingdom (although found globally). Initially produced in Staffordshire, but also produced in Bristol and at Donyatt in Somerset. Usually in a cream cam clay, although Burchill (2006: 38) reports a possibly earlier example from Bristol in a reddish firing. Many of the Staffordshire-type slipwares have a complete coating of slip in one colour, with a trailed slip pattern in another (Draper 1984: 18), such as the marbled pattern shown above.

References:

Burchill, R., 2006: The Pottery, in Jackson, R., Archaeological Excavations at the Former Courage Brewery, Bath Street, Bristol, 2000- 2001. Bristol and Avon Archaeology 21. 1-58

Draper, J. 1984: Post-medieval Pottery, 1650-1800 (Princes Risborough: Shire)

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