The Medieval Ceramic Industry of the Severn Valley

Alan Vince

CHAPTER FIVE: MANUFACTURING METHODS

• INTRODUCTION
• CLAY PREPARATION: TEMPERING
• UNTEMPERED WARES
• FORMING TECHNIQUES: HAND-FORMING METHODS
• WHEEL-THROWING METHODS
• MOULDING
• FINISHING TECHNIQUES
• APPLIED FEATURES AND SECONDARY MODIFICATIONS: HANDLES
• FEET
• SPOUTS
• BASES
• INCISED AND STAMPED DECORATION
• INDIVIDUAL STAMPS
• ROLLER STAMPING
• METHOD OF GLAZE APPLICATION
• SPLASH GLAZE
• PAINTED GLAZE
• DIPPED GLAZE
• ADDED COLOURING AGENTS
• COPPER-LEAD GLAZE
• IRON AND IRON-MANGANESE GLAZE
• TIN-LEAD GLAZE
• MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS
• SALT GLAZE
• FIRING
• BONFIRE FIRING
• CLAMP FIRING
• KILN FIRING
• THE USE OF SAGGARS
• TABLE 5.1 - XRF ANALYSES OF GLAZE AND COLOURANTS