Pottery anyone???

[flipper]

Its a long shot, but i can be hopefull ..... Is it possible for a Time/age to be fixed with this bit of pottery??? if so how can you tell???

any links, suggestions will help... thanks in advance.... flip

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Someone who knows pottery would be able to date that fella , and even tell you where it was made. I woudnt be surpised if someone on here knows.

Dont know pottery myself yet sorry.

[hedgehog]

It looks more like a piece of clay tile than pottery, I would guess that it's a difficult one to date, are there any other clues as to the site that it came from?
Walt is the man for pottery , it's all about the "inclusions" i.e. method used in mixing the clay, the bits of grit in it and smoothness of the clay used.
It may be a relatively modern tile , here is a pic of a Roman roof tile

[waltonbasinman]

Its a long shot, but i can be hopefull ..... Is it possible for a Time/age to be fixed with this bit of pottery??? if so how can you tell???

any links, suggestions will help... thanks in advance.... flip

It,s the base of a medieval upright jar. If you look really closely you will see a dark grey grit that would have been added to the clay for the firing process and was made on a wheel. About 1400 to 1500 but may be plus or minus thirty years depending on the potteries find spot and would have probably been locally made.

[StumbledUpon]

Excellent ID Paul, 

[The Doc]

Nice ID Paul - pottery is something that I don't know a lot about 

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Good id Paul , I knew somone would know! 

[DIGGA]

NOW FLIPPER  CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU FOUND POTTERY WITH A METAL DETECTOR     YOU GOT SOME SECRET SETTING ON THE  MACHINE BUD 

[ROMAN STEVE]

Wow that was good paul

[Kev]

just to let folks know that WALTONBASINMAN is a trained archaeologist, and as studied pottery in university...................... nice plug for you there Paul m8

[Jonola (Jon)]

Fair play. Paul is the man for the pottery...and just about any other archaeology...and he is bloody good at finding the coins too...is there a green with envy smiley above me~? no? There should be! It has been one of the pluses with becoming a member of detectingwales that I have met Paul and others who have a vast amount of learning that they are willing to pass on.

[zorro]

while we're talking about pottery have you good any good links on the subject paul?

[waltonbasinman]

while we're talking about pottery have you good any good links on the subject paul?

Kev, give me a few days and I will post some links. Some of them very good OK mate.

[hedgehog]

Paul is definitely your man for pottery, flints and landscape (and I thought it was a tile  , can see the marks where it has been turned now!)

Paul finds it all exciting and interesting and a discussion with him is always interesting, he has sparked an interest in pottery with me to the point that I am thinking of buying a book, with pictures of course!

Seen one on the net "Pottery in Britain" by Lloyd Laing, have you got any comments on that one Paul?

Those little bits and pieces all help when you are looking for a site to detect on and fieldwalking is almost as good as detecting!

[waltonbasinman]

Good little book Steve. There are a lot of more specific period books for pottery which get very monotinous and for a more general overview this is a good book. What you don,t need is a tedious long winded book that goes on and on. I would say to any detectorist get this book and you will soon get to learn without driving you crazy.