Plate with sgraffito decoration

Many plates were made in the potteries of South Somerset. They were often decorated by scratching a pattern into the wet slip before firing, this is called sgraffito decoration. This plate was discovered during archaeological excavations in Exeter.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
300/1988/2882
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Exeter archaeology
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
Material
potterySouth Somerset ware
Common Name
plate with sgraffito decoration
Simple Name
plate
Period Classification
Post Medieval (1500-1750)
Production County
Somerset
Production Year Low
1670
Production Year High
1710

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South Somerset ware plate