Coarse sandy ware jar
- Description
- Tall jars like this were probably used for storing food and provisions, and the glaze on the inside made the pottery watertight. It was found in Exeter in a rubbish pit dating from 1600.
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/2029
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- coarse sandy ware jar
- Simple Name
- jar
- Full Name
- coarse sandy ware jar
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1590
- Production Year High
- 1610
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; coarse sandy ware
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Queen Street
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
