Potsherd: Atlas of Roman Pottery

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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.

  • Gaul
  • 320410
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 150200
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 40120
    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.

  • Gaul
  • -1530
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 4080
    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.

  • Britain
  • 120250
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 300410
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 55100
    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.

  • Germania
  • 250400
    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.

  • Britain
  • 200410
    Italian black eggshell ware

    Thin fine black wares, particularly beakers and cups, probably from Northern Italy. 1st century AD.

  • Italy
  • 00
    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.

  • Britain
  • 70125
    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.

  • Germania
  • 80250
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 4070
    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.

  • Britain
  • 150410
    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.

  • Britain
  • 260370
    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.

  • Africa
  • 80550
    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.

  • Britain
  • 240410
    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.

  • Britain
  • 00
    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.

  • Eastern Empire
  • 475550
    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.

  • Gaul
  • 4070
    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.

  • Britain
  • 70120
    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.

  • Britain
  • 70120
    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.

  • Iberia
  • 4080
    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.

  • Gaul
  • -2070
    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.

  • Gaul
  • -2060
    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.

  • Britain
  • 70150
    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.

  • Germania
  • 180250
    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.

  • Britain
  • 00
    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.

  • Britain
  • 00
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