YGSW - Yellow glazed sandy ware
Microscope sample. A fairly coarse sandy ware, usually oxidised to a pale orange, and generally glazed yellow externally, sometimes with brown slip line decoration.
Occasional find in Bury St Edmunds (formerly recorded as Bury-type glazed ware), and sherds of several vessels recovered from Eye Castle (recorded as Eye glazed ware). Also recently found at Bacton, Suffolk, and possibly in Cambridge.
Samples from Eye, Suffolk.
YGSW - Yellow glazed sandy ware
Microscope sample. A fairly coarse sandy ware, usually oxidised to a pale orange, and generally glazed yellow externally, sometimes with brown slip line decoration.
Occasional find in Bury St Edmunds, but sherds of several vessels recovered from Eye Castle (EYE 023). Also recently found at Bacton, Suffolk, and possibly in Cambridge.
Samples from Eye, Suffolk.
YGSW - Yellow glazed sandy ware
Microscope sample. A fairly coarse sandy ware, usually oxidised to a pale orange, and generally glazed yellow externally, sometimes with brown slip line decoration.
Occasional find in Bury St Edmunds, but sherds of several vessels recovered from Eye Castle (EYE 023). Also recently found at Bacton, Suffolk, and possibly in Cambridge.
Samples from Eye, Suffolk.
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