Anglo-Saxon and early Medieval

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.

Featured types

Late Saxon Shelly (410 - 1066)

Red painted ware (410 - 1066)

Andenne type (410 - 1066)

Related objects

There are 97 related objects.

17722 jar (cooking pot). Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	10369 jar (cooking pot). Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	L219/1 jar (cooking pot). Saxo-Norman; late 10th-11th century	18294 pitcher. Saxo-Norman; late 10th-11th century
78.159/9 bowl. Saxo-Norman	L267/50 pitcher. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	A27530 pitcher; spouted pitcher. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	A23547 jar; cooking pot. Saxo-Norman; late 10th-11th century
A27530 pitcher; spouted pitcher. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	A16390 bowl. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	78.159/88c bowl. Saxo-Norman; early-mid 11th century	26423 crucible. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century
13174 crucible. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	14711 crucible. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	14712 crucible. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	14713 crucible. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century
89.325 dish. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; mid 11th-mid 12th century	13157a dish. Saxo-Norman; late 10th-11th century	89.308/9 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	89.317/11 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century
24455 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	C952 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	85.2/9 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century	85.2/10 jar. Saxo-Norman-Early Medieval; 11th-mid 12th century

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