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Class : Fine wares
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Source : Britain
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Distribution in Britain
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Illustration
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Roman Pottery in Britain (Tyers 1996)
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This ware is discussed on p.171-173 of Roman Pottery in Britain (1996).
Fabric code : NFCC
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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):
- NFO CC
- New Forest (Metallic) Colour-coated ware p.141
- NFO RS 1
- New Forest (Coarse) Red-slipped ware 1 p.142
- NFO RS 2
- New Forest (Fine) Red-slipped ware 2 p.144
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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The Pottery kilns of Roman Britain (Swan 1984)
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This fabric was produced at kiln sites at these locations:
- Fordingbridge / Hants
- Rockbourne / Hants
Display more details of these sites.Data summarized from V. G. Swan The pottery kilns of Roman Britain (HMSO, London, 1984, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Supplementary Series 5). |
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A wide range of fine tables wares produced in the New Forest
(Hants/GB) and distributed across southern Britain during the 3rd and
4th centuries AD. |
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Fabric samples Scale (when present) in cm.
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Fabric and technology
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A range of dark- or red-slipped wares. Fulford defines three variants:
Hard, fine fabric which may be highly fired, up to a 'stone ware'
quality; reduced grey or dark grey core with surface varying from
pale yellow-red, through reddish brown to dark red or purple (often
on same vessel), with high metallic sheen (from 2.5YR 3.5/2 to
5.5/8; 2.5Y 2/0) ; rare inclusions of dark iron ores.
Similar to 1a, but oxidized; reddish yellow or reddish brown (5YR
3.5/3; 2.5YR 5.5/8, 2.5/0) slip.
Hard, slightly sandy fabric with granular texture; reddish-yellow
(5YR 4.5/6) core with reddish-brown (2.5YR 3.5/6) slip.
All wheel-thrown. Wide range of decorative techniques, including
barbotine scales or leaves, white painted, incised, impressed
and rouletted.
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Forms
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Beakers, flasks, jugs and flagons (fabric 1a) and bowls (fabric
1b/c). Many of the red-slipped bowl types follow late sigillata
prototypes (Drag. 31, 33, 35/36, 38, 44, 45 etc), but most widely
distributed types are beakers (particularly the folded beaker,
type 27), flasks and jugs.
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Form
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Description
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Fabric
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1-26
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Flasks and jugs
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1a
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27-52
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Beakers
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1a
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53
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Cup
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1a
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54-57
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Jars or small bowls
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1a
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58
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Lid
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1a
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59-77
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Bowls
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1b/c
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78-81
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Mortaria
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1b/c
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82-85
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Misc. bowls
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1b/c
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Table 1. Classification of New Forest slipped
ware forms (after Fulford)
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Chronology
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c. AD 260-370. Production probably ceased before the end of the
4th cent.
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Source
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The New Forest industry.
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Distribution
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Widespread in central southern England, with a scatter beyond.
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Aliases
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Fulford1975, fabric 1.
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Aliases
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Bath fabric 6.2. Caister-on-sea fabric NFCC-29.
Carlisle fabric 302. Dorchester fabrics 20 and 21.
Gloucester fabric TF12C. JRPS bibliography fabrics
nfc and nfr. Lullingstone fabric 13. Kent fine fabric
14a.
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Bibliography
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Fulford 1975; RCHM gazetteer 108-9, F322-41, F344
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References
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Fulford 1975.
Fulford, M. G., New Forest Roman pottery. Manufacture and distribution,
with a corpus of pottery types, British archaeological reports,
17, BAR, Oxford, (1975).
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