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Figure 66. — Westerwai.d stoneware: a, chamber-pot sherds and handle fragments; b, sherds 

 having yellowish body, probably late 17th or early 18th century; c, sherds of curve-sided 

 flagon; d, sherds of cylindrical mugs including one with "(JR" seal. 



lined in a dull red like thai often found on \'orktovvn 

 wasters, also have body resemblances. (Mercer 

 bought a five-gallon "stone bottle" from Charles 

 Dick in 1745.) 



There are numerous other types of coarse stoneware 

 of unknown origins, including one sherd with a dull- 

 red glaze and black decorative spots (USNM 59.1840, 

 ill. 23). 



NoTTiNGiiA.M-TVi'E STONEWARE. — Several sherds of 

 stoneware of the type usually ascribed to Nottingham 



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appeared at Marlborough. This ware is character- 

 ized by a smooth, lustrous, metallic-brown glaze. 

 The fragments are apparently from different vessels. 

 One is a foot rim of a posset pot or jug. Several body 

 sherds have fluting or paneling formed by molding, 

 with turning lines on the interior showing that the 

 molding was executed after the forms were shaped. 

 One sherd is decorated with shredded clay applied 

 before firing when the clay was wet. It appears to 

 come from the globose portion of a small drinking 



