VML Vlg Marie Leidorf 2012. Soft cover, 337 pp. Neat copy
These remains of a potter's workshop were discovered in 1991 and
excavated in 1994-1995 and are remarkable for their unusually wide and
high-quality product spectrum including vessels, stove tiles,
terracottas, and pottery moulds for paper reliefs. They came from a
levelling layer and a cesspit also containing many botanical remains
which are published here, too, and reflect the nutrition of a wealthy
craftsmen's household in the 16th-17th century One focus of the study
was laid on archive material on the historical craft of pottery. The
presented vessels comprise e. g. pots, tripod skillets, tankards, jugs,
beakers, goblets, bottles, ember lids, savings boxes, plates, strainers,
bowls, pans, baking dishes, and lids. Although finds start in the
13th/14th century, written sources and wasters make quite clear that
pottery was mainly practised in the 16th-18th century Amongst the mostly
wheel-thrown vessels, tripod skillets with a handle were dominant. Some
vessel types possessed a lead glaze, other peculiarities were bowls
with a palmetto handle, vessels painted with a painting horn in a style
similar to "Weser and Werra ware" as well as toys and glazed clay pipes.
The products are found in cesspits all over the city.