Ware | Abstract | Source(s) | From | To |
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Argonne ware | Red-slipped wares, most characteristically bowls with roller-stamped decoration, produced in the Argonne region (Ardennes/FR) and widely distributed across north-east Gaul and Britain. 3rd and 4th centuries AD. | 320 | 410 | |
Central Gaulish black-slipped ware | A fine black-slipped ware, commonly beakers and cups with rouletted or barbotine decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. | 150 | 200 | |
Central Gaulish colour-coated wares | Colour-coated cups and beakers with pale brown or white fabrics, darker red-brown or brown slips and barbotine or rough-cast decoration, produced in Central Gaul and widely distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | 40 | 120 | |
Central Gaulish fine micaceous wares | Platters, jars and flagons in fine textured micaceous wares, red, white or mica-slipped, produced in Central Gaul and distributed there and occasionally in northern Gaul and southern Britain during the late 1st century BC and early 1st century AD. | -15 | 30 | |
Central Gaulish glazed ware | 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 AD. | 40 | 80 | |
Colchester colour-coated wares | Colour-coated beakers and other forms produced at Colchester (Essex/GB) and distributed across south and east Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. | 120 | 250 | |
Céramique à l'éponge | A range of fine slipped wares decorated with darker marbled or sponged patterns, produced in western France and distributed across western and northern Gaul and southern Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. | 300 | 410 | |
Eggshell terra nigra | Beakers in very thin fine black-slipped wares produced in northern Gaul and distributed across north-east Gaul and south-east Britain during the 1st century AD. | 55 | 100 | |
German marbled wares | Jugs and flagons in a fine slipped ware decorated with darker marbled decoration produced in the Mosel region (DE) and distributed across the lower Rhine and south-east Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. | 250 | 400 | |
Hadham red-slipped wares | Red wares produced in the area of Hadham (Herts/GB) and distributed across south and east England during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. | 200 | 410 | |
Italian black eggshell ware | Thin fine black wares, particularly beakers and cups, probably from Northern Italy. 1st century AD. | 0 | 0 | |
London-Essex stamped wares | Fine textured grey or orange wares with roller stamped decoration produced in the south-east England during the 2nd century AD. | 70 | 125 | |
Lower Rhineland (Cologne) colour-coated ware | Beakers with barbotine, rough-cast and rouletted decoration in fine white wares with dark colour-coated surfaces, produced in the Cologne area (Nordrhein-Westfalen/DE) and distributed across north-east Gaul and Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. | 80 | 250 | |
Lyon ware | Cups and beakers in a fine pale colour-coated ware with darker colour-coated, decorated with barbotine or rough cast, produced at Lyon (Rhône/FR) and widely distributed across Gaul, the Rhineland and Britain during the 1st century AD. | 40 | 70 | |
Nene Valley colour-coated wares | Fine table wares in a pale fabric with darker colour coat, often decorated with barbotine or painted decoration, produced in the Nene valley (Hunts/GB) and widely distributed across Britain during the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. | 150 | 410 | |
New Forest slipped wares | 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. | 260 | 370 | |
North African red-slipped ware | A wide range of fine red-slipped table wares and coarser cooking wares produced in Tunisia and widely distributed around the Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces during the 2nd to 6th centuries AD. | 80 | 550 | |
Oxfordshire red/brown-slipped wares | A wide range of red-slipped tables wares, often decorated with rouletting, stamps or white slip, produced in the Oxfordshire potteries (Oxon/GB) and widely distributed across Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. | 240 | 410 | |
Pevensey red-slipped ware | Red-slipped wares with a hard orange-red fabric produced near Pevensey; forms similar to red-slipped Oxfordshire and New Forest types. | 0 | 0 | |
Phocaean red-slipped ware | Fine red-slipped table wares produced in western Asia Minor and widely distributed around the eastern Mediterranean (and more rarely in the west) during the 5th and 6th centuries AD. | 475 | 550 | |
South Gaulish colour-coated ware | Mould-made hemispherical cups in a fine buff or orange-brown fabric with a pale golden slip, produced at the South Gaulish sigillata factories at Millau (Aveyron/FR) and Montans (Tarn/FR) and distributed across Gaul and Britain during the 1st century AD. | 40 | 70 | |
South-central England glazed ware | Jars, bowls and beakers in fine micaceous orange wares with orange-brown glaze, distributed in southern England during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | 70 | 120 | |
South-east England glazed ware | Flasks, beakers and bowls in a green-glazed grey ware, decorated with white barbotine, distributed in southern England during the 2nd century AD. | 70 | 120 | |
Spanish colour-coated ware | Cups and beakers in a fine textured pale brown ware with golden-brown slip, typically decorated with floral motifs in barbotine, produced in southern Spain and widely distributed around the western Mediterranean and across the north-west provinces during the 1st century AD. | 40 | 80 | |
Terra nigra | Plates, cups and beakers in fine black slipped wares produced in northern Gaul and distributed across north-east Gaul and south-east Britain during the late 1st century BC and 1st century AD. | -20 | 70 | |
Terra rubra | Plates, cups and beakers in fine red-slipped wares produced in northern Gaul and distributed across north-east Gaul and south-east Britain during the late 1st century BC and 1st century AD. | -20 | 60 | |
The 'London ware' style | A range of fine-textured grey or black wares with incised or compass drawn decoration produced at a number of sites in south and east England during the 2nd century AD. | 70 | 150 | |
Trier black-slipped ware ('Moselkeramik') | Beakers and cups in a fine black-slipped ware, commonly decorated with rouletted or barbotine decoration, produced in the Trier region (Rheinland-Pfalz/DE) and widely distributed in lower Germany and Britain during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. | 180 | 250 | |
Verulamium-region marbled ware | A rare marbled-slipped variant of the white fabric manufactured at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) and surrounding region during 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | 0 | 0 | |
Verulamium-region mica-dusted ware | A rare mica-dusted variant of the white fabric manufactured at Brockley Hill (Middx/GB) and St Albans (Verulamium, Herts/GB) and surrounding region during 1st and 2nd centuries AD. | 0 | 0 |