London factories
(1570 - 1846)
London was the first major centre in Britain to make tin-glazed ware successfully and on a commercial scale at the end of the 16th century. The term 'delftware' was widely used from the 18th century onwards to refer to tin-glazed earthenware made in Britain, rather than the products of the famous Dutch centre of Delft.
The chief attraction of tin-glazing is in allowing potters to decorate their wares with coloured pigments applied over a lead glaze made opaque by the addition of tin. During the later medieval period and into the 16th century, Londoners had only been able to enjoy such decorative pottery as it was brought into the capital from the Continent, with Spanish, Italian and Dutch or Flemish tin-glazed wares the most common types found on excavated sites.
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A23804a pot; posset pot. | A23804b pot; posset pot lid. | A4579 punch bowl. | C2436 salt; standing salt. |
A9346/2 saucer. | 21327 stand. | A6807 tankard; mug. | 79.51/4 tile. |
85.59/38 tile. | 6941 tile. | 79.51/2 tile. | 79.51/5 tile. |
11900 tile. | 11901 tile. | 85.3/169 tile. | P621 tile. |
25638 tile. | 26560 tile. | 11546f tile. | 11546g tile. |
11881 tile. | 7018 tile. | 79.49/4 tile. | 79.49/5 tile. |
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