Kate Johnson on thu 7 oct 04
If you all already know about this site I apologize, but it's a marvelous
look at historical pottery!
http://potweb.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/HomePage.html
LOTS of pots, from medieval examples to the 1720s
Regards,
Kate Johnson
Graphics/Fine Arts
http://www.cathyjohnson.info/
http://www.epsi.net/graphic/
http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_1494_profile.htm
Ivor and Olive Lewis on fri 8 oct 04
Dear Kate Johnson,
An interesting place to visit.
Can anyone explain what "Chaff Tempered Ware" is, what were its
qualities and what it was used for? Would it have been a precursor of
Paper Clay?
Best regards,Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
Kate Johnson on fri 8 oct 04
> Dear Kate Johnson,
> An interesting place to visit.
> Can anyone explain what "Chaff Tempered Ware" is, what were its
> qualities and what it was used for? Would it have been a precursor of
> Paper Clay?
Could be, Ivor, though I've never used Paper Clay so not sure. The chaff
apparently burns away in firing, leaving a porous body rather than what
bone-tempered vessels were like. It's a very ancient technique--here's a
.pdf file on Iron Age Scandinavian pottery referencing those bodies...
This from the Museum of London tells a little more about these early
forms--as I may have mentioned I'm very interested in historic pottery...
"Little Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval pottery survives. Many of the wares
were tempered with chaff, sand or coarsely ground shells, which meant that
the finished vessels were more susceptible to breakages than vessels made
with finer wares. Chaff tempered vessels often had voids in their body,
where the organic material had burned away.
Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval ceramics were hand shaped, rather than
wheel-turned, and have very simple forms, such as cooking pots and jars,
jugs and pitchers, and crucibles.
The museum of London collection includes 156 pieces of Anglo-Saxon and Early
Medieval ceramic."
Best--
Kate
Wood Jeanne on fri 8 oct 04
Hi Ivor,
According to my research organic materials were often
used in early pottery as a filler roughly the
equivalent to our grog. They worked with a very
pourous body so the pot could survive firing in the
harsh bonfire or pitfire conditions and then be used
to cook/boil foods over open fires. The chaff is
probably the chaff of wheat or barley.
Other organic tempers used were, chopped plant
materials, crushed mussel shells, sawdust and dung.
("Pottery In The Making").
These were used for handbuilt pots, when they began to
use the wheel they switched to various mineral
tempers.
Cheers,
Jeanne W.
--- Ivor and Olive Lewis
wrote:
> Dear Kate Johnson,
> An interesting place to visit.
> Can anyone explain what "Chaff Tempered Ware" is,
> what were its
> qualities and what it was used for? Would it have
> been a precursor of
> Paper Clay?
> Best regards,Ivor Lewis.
> Redhill,
> S. Australia.
>
>
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Ivor and Olive Lewis on sat 9 oct 04
Dear Jeanne,
Thank you for that information.
May I have the Author and ISBN for "Pottery In The Making".
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
Ivor and Olive Lewis on sat 9 oct 04
Dear Kate,
Thank you for that information.
I take it these function as storage for solids, not as liquid
containers.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
Kate Johnson on sat 9 oct 04
Good morning, Ivor...
> Dear Kate,
> Thank you for that information.
> I take it these function as storage for solids, not as liquid
> containers.
Actually, from what I've _read_ they were also used for cooking, over a
fire. Perhaps the archaeologist wasn't thinking--or wasn't a potter! I
would assume that some of the pots or shards might have been tested for food
residue, though...interesting, eh?
Of course another interesting historical bit concerning pottery is one of
the ways they sealed it, when not using glazes--they allowed milk to sour in
it, which acted as casein glue. Yeck but true...
Best--
Kate
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