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Ceramics > Pottery > Cistercian ware

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Cistercian ware  

Definition(s)

  • Lead-glazed earthenware vessels with a red body and a brownish-black glaze commonly found near the sites of Cistercian monasteries in England; mostly made early 16th c. (before 1540) but a dated example of 1599 indicates continued production; mugs, tankards, cups, jugs, costrels, candlesticks, chafing dishes, salts and bowls; mostly undecorated but some examples are distinguished by horizontal ribbing or by white slip ornamentation of rosettes or roundels [AAT, alt.]

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  • 122027

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KDDT9P0N-X

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