by Tom Licence | May 13, 2018
Part of an under-glaze-printed bowl. The pattern has been created by repeat printing with a sponge, carved block of potato, or similar.
by Tom Licence | May 16, 2016
Assorted rubbish from the rectory, discarded in the 1870s. The reddish glazed pottery fragments, centre right, are from utilitarian mixing bowls made of local earthenware (redware) and finished with a lead glaze. This sort of ware was produced until the middle years...
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Pudding bowls, for steamed puddings. From the School House. These are found in almost every rubbish dump of this period.
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Fragments of Mocha ware jugs and bowls. The piece top right is from the base of a mug. The piece with green decoration, bottom right, is from the top of a chamber pot. This type of crockery was cheaply manufactured and widely used throughout the nineteenth century....
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Assorted crockery from the rectory at Hempstead, including pottery and porcelain, some hand-painted, some transfer-printed, from the kitchen, dining room, bathroom and bedroom.
