NOTE ON THE PETROLOGY OF 'VECTIS' WARE FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
Author(s): D F Williams
The petrological examination of a number of so-called 'Vectis' ware sherds thought likely to have been made onthe Isle of Wight showed that samples from Thorness, Combley, Brading and Newnham, all suspected production sites, contain roughly the same range of non-plastic inclusions: principally quartz grains, flecks of mica, flint/chert and sometimes a little argillaceous material. In those circumstances it is difficult to predict likely production sites for 'Vectis' ware. However, there are certain textural similarities between a kiln bar and a bowl from Newnham to suspect that they may have been made in the same place.
- Report Number:
- 12/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Ceramic Petrology Pottery
