Brandsby-type ware

Brandsby-type Ware is a type of Medieval ceramic produced in Brandsby, North Yorkshire, England, in the 13th and 14th centuries AD.

[1] Brandsby-type ware production is centred on the village of Brandsby, North Yorkshire,[2] 22 km from York but is presumed to have been made in a number of villages to the north of York.

[2] Brandsby-type ware is a lightly gritted fabric, generally oxidised to white, pink, pale brown, or reddish-yellow and sometimes with a grey core.

[3] They are generally finer and sandier, and usually more hard-fired than the earlier and comparable York Glazed Ware.

[4] Initially the forms are very similar to York Glazed Ware, but the ware later develops its own unique decorative style including rouletting or roller-stamping, combed wavy lines, or plain incised lines.