Dig Day #8

 

We had a very good day at the 'office' yesterday, with the boundary ditch throwing up some very nice pottery. This may be one vessel. Probably Tudor, but could be earlier. 

This lovely piecrust rim was made by someone pinching the clay to make a decoration. The vase is flat, so it would have been like a flan dish. 

This is the base of a handle, probably of a jug. The fingers have smeared the clay so that the handle will stick to the body of the vessel.

Speaking of fingers, this is the other side of the piecrust piece, where the nails have dug into the clay when crimping the rim. It's almost like shaking hands with someone from several hundred years ago! Real time travel.