Ashmolean Museum: PotWeb: Highly decorated pottery 20

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Highly decorated 13^th -14^th centuries

Common name Minety type ware, north Wiltshire
Class Shouldered jar
Height 250mm
Identifier PW01
Production centre north Wiltshire
Distribution east and west of production centre
Use for storage or washing clothes
Date Mid 13th - 15th century AD
Published in Mellor 1997b, Fig 30, 27
Historic context found with a similar vessel on a property in Wood Street, Swindon, Wiltshire 1938
Presented by A D Passmore

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