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Class : Fine wares
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Source : Gaul
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Source of ware
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.140-142 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : CGGL
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National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (Tomber & Dore 1998)
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Cross-reference from this group to fabric descriptions published in
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (1998):
- CNG GL 1
- Central Gaulish (White) Glazed ware 1 p.52
- CNG GL 2
- Central Gaulish (Cream) Glazed ware 2 p.53
Illustrations of these fabrics are available only in the printed catalogue: R. Tomber & J. Dore,
The national Roman fabric reference collection. A handbook
Museum of London Archaeology Service, London. MOLAS monograph 2. (1998). |
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Green-glazed cups and beakers with pale brown or white fabrics, and
barbotine or relief decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely
distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st and 2nd centuries
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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Most commonly a hard, almost pure white or cream wheel-thrown
fabric (2.5Y 9/0) with sparse red inclusions and clean or slightly
laminar fracture -- identical to that of white Central Gaulish
colour-coated ware (CGCC). The surfaces are covered with a translucent
lead glaze (0.25 to 0.5mm thick) which varies from pale yellow-green
to a dark olive green in colour. On cups and beakers the glaze
covers the entire surface, but on enclosed flagons only the external
surface is covered. Some vessels mould-made, using the same technology
(and forms) as contemporary samian wares. Others have appliqué
motifs or barbotine decoration.
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Forms
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Greene's type-series (1979; 1978) covers the forms found in Britain:
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Type
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Form
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Equivalent
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1
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Small flagon
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Déch. 61
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2
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Flagon
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Déch. 60
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3
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Flagon
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Déch. 62
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4
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Handled bowl
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Déch. 59
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5
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Carinated bowl
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Drag. 29
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6-7
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Handled bowls
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8-9
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Hemispherical cups
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10
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Carinated handled cup
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11
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Straight-sided beaker
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12-16
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Beakers
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17
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Lamp filler
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18
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Large bowl
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Chronology
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Generally pre-Flavian in Britain, but a few examples from Flavian
sites. Production probably commenced in the Tiberian period.
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Source
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Two regions of Central Gaul -- the Allier valley and Lezoux.
A few vessels from Britain are probably products of Lezoux (e.g.
Greene 1978, 39) but the majority from St Rémy-en-Rollat/Vichy
in the Allier valley.
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Distribution
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Widespread in Britain, but sparse. The continental distribution
covers northern France (north and east of the Loire), the Rhineland
and western Switzerland.
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Aliases
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Cirencester fabrics 60 and 75. JRPS bibliography
fabric cgg. Leicester fabric LG1. Milton Keynes
fabric 13c. Kent fine fabric 3a. Silchester fabric
E32.
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Bibliography
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General introduction to the ware given by Greene (1979, 86-103)
who discusses the moulded ware in more detail in Greene 1978.
It has been suggested that the flagons (one of the more widespread
forms) may have carried water from the spa at Vichy (Symonds and
Wade 1999).
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References
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Greene 1978.
Greene, K. T., 'Mould-decorated Central Gaulish glazed ware in
Britain' in Early Fine Wares in Roman Britain, ed. P. R.
Arthur and G. D. Marsh, British Archaeological Reports. British
Series, 57, BAR, Oxford, (1978), pp. 31-60.
Greene 1979.
Greene, K. T., The pre-Flavian fine wares, Report on the
excavations at Usk, 1965-1976, 1, University of Wales Press
[for] the Board of Celtic Studies of the University of Wales,,
Cardiff:, (1979).
Symonds and Wade 1999.
Symonds, R. P. and Wade, S. M., Roman pottery from excavations
in Colchester, 1971-1986, Colchester Archaeological Reports,
10, Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester, (1999).
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