Ceramics home: Medieval glazed ware: Surrey whitewares.

Surrey whitewares

(1240 - 1500)

White-firing, sandy earthenwares were one of the main kinds of pottery used in London and its environs from the middle of the 13th until the 16th century. They were made at a number of sources in Surrey and along the Surrey-Hampshire borders and can be divided into four classes based on fabric, methods of manufacture, form or shape and decorative style.

Three of the classes of whiteware come from distinct areas where production sites have been excavated, and are called Kingston-type ware, Coarse Border ware and Cheam whiteware. The fourth is commonly, but incorrectly, called 'Tudor Green' and was a minor product of all three industries.

Surrey whitewares, with their pale, buff-coloured fabric, are typically covered with a green glaze. During the 13th century especially, high quality, decorative jugs formed an important part of the Kingston-type ware industry. A wide range of everyday cooking and storage vessels were also made by all the major whiteware industries, while 'Tudor Green' was reserved for fine cups and drinking jugs. By the middle of the 14th century, whitewares were the main source of all kitchen and tablewares used across the London area, and they remained so for the next 150 years.

Featured types

Kingston-type ware (1240 - 1400)

Coarse border ware (1270 - 1500)

Cheam whiteware (1350 - 1500)

Related objects

There are 506 related objects.

< Previous  pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22   Next >

22713 jug; baluster jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	A20984 jug; baluster jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	84.13/2 jug; baluster jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	18919 jug; baluster jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century
5609 jug; baluster jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	5624 jug; drinking jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	18736 jug; drinking jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	22761 jug; miniature. Late Medieval; mid-late 14th century?
Z3365 jug; miniature jug. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	17436 jug; miniature jug. Medieval; mid 13th-mid 14th century	78.159/94 jug; zoomorphic jug. Medieval; mid 13th-mid 14th century	12453f lid. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century
A3855 money box. Late Medieval; 14th century	89.327/2 money box. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	18397 money box. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	12453d mortar. Medieval; 13th-15th century
14241 pan; frying pan. Late Medieval; mid 14th-15th century	11755k pan; frying pan. Late Medieval; mid 14th-15th century	5827 pipkin. Medieval; mid 13th-14th century	6141 possibly; Distillation apparatus. 1601-1700
25788 pot; cooking pot. Late Medieval; 15th century	22710 pot; cooking pot. Late Medieval; mid 14th-15th century	18401 pot; cooking pot. Late Medieval; mid 14th-15th century	14678 urinal. Late Medieval; 15th century?

< Previous  pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22   Next >