Border ware

[7] Skillets, saucepans, chafing dishes and tripod pipkins were common cookware products manufactured by the Border ware pottery industry.

Vessels for storing and serving liquids include drinking jugs, cups, goblets and mugs.

"The Hampshire-Surrey border potters had a natural advantage through an accident of geology which is not repeated in other areas near London north of the Thames, nor in Kent, and it applied to every kind of vessel they produced."

The source of the white-firing clays used to produce Surrey whitewares was the Reading Beds along the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire.

The Reading beds between Farnham and Tongham were the best source of potting clay for medieval potters producing wares for the London market.

[9] Border ware manufacturing sites were selected for their proximity to plentiful clay and fuel supplies.

Three sites have been identified as producing the pottery best representing Border Ware fabrics, forms and glazes.