Surrey/Hampshire border ware

(1480 - 1900)

The pottery industry of the Surrey/Hampshire borders was one of the most versatile suppliers of an astonishing range of vessels to be found in south-east England during the late 16th and 17th centuries. Several production sites are known, all forming part of a long-standing tradition of potting in this region and continuing the medieval Surrey whiteware industry up to the beginning of the 18th century. At the end of the 15th century, the production of the previously dominant coarse Surrey/Hampshire border ware was phased out as potters began to concentrate on making fine, green-glazed, white earthenware drinking vessels and a limited range of other forms, related to the earlier 'Tudor Green' ware in fabric. At this time the Inns of Court in London maintained contracts with potters in this area for the supply of fine, green-glazed, white-bodied drinking vessels. In the middle of the 16th century, the industry began to expand as the fabric became more robust and suitable for a far greater range of forms, ideal for use in almost every aspect of daily life. For the next 150 years or so Surrey/Hampshire border wares were one the most common sources of all pottery used in London, and from their frequency in excavated material must have figured prominently in most households. Different coloured glazes were introduced in addition to the traditional green, with a clear glaze, appearing yellow over the buff body, the most common, and reduced olive and manganese-stained brown glazes found at all the known potteries. Another important development was the introduction of a red earthenware fabric, which was used for the same range of forms made in whiteware and eventually became the only product of the industry when whiteware production ceased in the 18th century.

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