Coarse sandy ware jar
This shape of pot was used in the processing of sugar. It was found during excavations near the quay area in Exeter.
In the 1600s there was an important sugar-refining industry in Exeter and Topsham and the pottery refining vessels are archaeological evidence for this. Sugar cane was grown in plantations in the Americas and Caribbean which used enslaved labour under brutal conditions. The unrefined sugar was then shipped to Britain for final processing in sugar houses in places like Topsham and Exeter. The industry could generate great profits for British merchants.
In the 1600s there was an important sugar-refining industry in Exeter and Topsham and the pottery refining vessels are archaeological evidence for this. Sugar cane was grown in plantations in the Americas and Caribbean which used enslaved labour under brutal conditions. The unrefined sugar was then shipped to Britain for final processing in sugar houses in places like Topsham and Exeter. The industry could generate great profits for British merchants.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 120/2000/9
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Archaeology
- Material
- potterycoarse sandy ware
- Common Name
- coarse sandy ware jar
- Simple Name
- jar
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)