SMALL BOWL (BURNED)
Description of Object:
Roman Samian Ware Bowl. No markers mark, but probably made in Gaul, no flaws apart from being burned. Thrown on a wheel, the marks on the pot can be clearly seen.
Discussion:
It could be that this bowl was misfired, but in all probability it was in a fire. There seems to be a salt residue on it. Normally samian ware is seen as high end pottery but it colud be that the bowl was found later and used in a salt house.
Date of Object:
No known date, compared with other examples these bowls were common in the 1st and 2nd Centuries.
Find-spot:
Collector B L Vawdrey does not state where this object was found but a large proportion of objects similar to this were known to have been found in Kinderton, Middlewich where he was once resident at Kinderton Hall.
Dimensions:
Circumference 8cm, 4.8cm high, base is 3.2cm circumference
Location:
Held in a private collection belonging to Peter Moore-Dutton of Tushingham
