Crambeck Ware

Crambeck Ware is a type of Romano-British ceramic produced in North Yorkshire primarily in the 4th century AD.

[2] Subsequent investigations have revealed a complex pattern of small enclosures within which the remains of kilns survive.

[1] All the Crambeck fabrics are united by a fine clay matrix with sparse silver mica containing varying quantities of quartz and iron-rich inclusions, while the mortaria have slag trituration grits.

[5] 'Parchment' ware: a variable group of hard, brittle, white, buff (through to yellow or orange) fabrics with a laminar fracture; abundant fine sand tempering.

[5] Crambeck Parchment Ware is frequently over-painted with red designs, often in circumferential bands but also used in geometric patterns, dots, diagonals, and also to depict human features on stylised face pots.

Pedestal beaker jar in Crambeck Parchment Ware. In the Yorkshire Museum
Cremation jar in Crambeck Parchment Ware decorated with a human face. In the Yorkshire Museum