This is a group of twelve Ipswich Ware Shards, 8th – 9th centuries A.D. A group of simple hard grey ware with little or no decoration and mainly pot rims. Cf. Manufactured in the Ipswich, Suffolk area, it is considered to be the first wheel-turned and mass-produced pottery in post-Roman Britain. Most vessel types include jars, cooking pots and decorated pitchers. Provenance: from a Northampton collection. The artefacts are in fine condition and measure 34mm – 80mm long.
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