York Glazed Ware

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York Glazed Ware jug in the Yorkshire Museum

York Glazed Ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in North Yorkshire, England in the 12th and 13th centuries AD.[1][2]

The name 'York Glazed Ware' comes from the initial identification of the type in York,[1] but the manufacturing area is the Hambleton Hills, 30 miles north of York.[1] Production dates from the late 12th to mid-13th centuries AD,[3] after which it was steadily replaced in assemblages by Brandsby-type ware.

Fabric

Although referred to as 'white ware', the fabric can be light brown, light grey or pink.[4] The fabric has an open texture, hackly break, often with sparse to moderate quantities of iron-stained quartz included in the temper.[4]

Form and decoration

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