http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/2010/01/new-freebie/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/2010/01/new-freebie/comment-page-1/#comment-6703 Herrick Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:32:11 +0000 http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/?p=836#comment-6703 Shaun is right. Shaun is right.

]]> http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/2010/01/new-freebie/comment-page-1/#comment-6434 Shaun Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:09:21 +0000 http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/?p=836#comment-6434 More likely a low iron clay fired in a reducing atmosphere, which was used from prehistory to the present day. Dating by colour is not possible, there are too many variables that exist in clay sources and firing conditions. For an example may I refer you to the roman black burnished wear of southern Britain. I assume you are talking about samian ware which draws its red colour from an iron rich slip, usually derived from the same clay source as the body fabric. More likely a low iron clay fired in a reducing atmosphere, which was used from prehistory to the present day. Dating by colour is not possible, there are too many variables that exist in clay sources and firing conditions. For an example may I refer you to the roman black burnished wear of southern Britain. I assume you are talking about samian ware which draws its red colour from an iron rich slip, usually derived from the same clay source as the body fabric.

]]> http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/2010/01/new-freebie/comment-page-1/#comment-5649 d-jpp Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:59:50 +0000 http://blog.richard-potter.co.uk/?p=836#comment-5649 Hum? .. the shape seems good, but, the colour of those pots recall me more, the colour of sandstone clay, which is used in the low European middle age. Roman period, they use iron oxide for colouring the pots ... but the rust is a blood red colour. Hum? .. the shape seems good, but, the colour of those pots recall me more, the colour of sandstone clay, which is used in the low European middle age. Roman period, they use iron oxide for colouring the pots … but the rust is a blood red colour.

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