Janet Kaiser @ The Chapel of Art on wed 15 jun 05
You will probably find a whole new world out in cyberspace as well as other=
sources, if you look up "costrels" and "cressets" instead of "pilgrim=
flasks" or "pilgrim bottles". Both the spiked or pointed base type and the=
footed type were in use in Saxon times. 10th and 11th century examples can=
be seen at the Norwich Castle Museum (or could be before their=
modernisation and so-called "upgrading" which means you only see a tiny=
proportion of their large collection).
Ware from the Saxon town of Thetford, monastic sites throughout Yorkshire=
and elsewhere in the UK certainly pre-date the 15th century London ware by=
three to four centuries. I am surprised that the excellent Shire series do=
not have a booklet showing earlier Saxon pottery, because it is not all=
that rare. Perhaps that would be worth investigating?
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser
*** IN REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING MAIL:
>Earliest mention of the doughnut-shaped Pilgrim's
>Flask I can find right now is 15th Century London
>("Medieval Pottery" by Jeremy Haslam from the Shire
>Archaeology Series). These don't have the handy base
>to hold them upright.
>I've made a few of these myself and have several in
>the studio right now. But I have not been satisfied
>with glazing these rings without bases as they have to
>be held off the kiln shelves with stilts and I dislike
>the scars left.
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