Early glazed ware from medieval Denmark

Author

Christensen, Tom (Contributor); Larsen, Anne-Christine (Contributor); Larsson, Stefan (Contributor); Vince, Alan (Contributor)

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Medieval ceramics. 1994, Vol. 18, 67-76, 4 ill.; 2 maps

ISSN

1358-2496

Abstract (en)

Sherds of glazed pottery of late 10th or early 11th c. date have been found at Lund, Sweden, and Lejre, on the island of Sealand, Denmark. Petrological analysis of a sample of these sherds shows that they are extremely similar in their petrological characteristics to locally-produced Baltic wares. Suggests that these vessels were the products of a short-lived pottery industry set up in the kingdom of Denmark by an immigrant potter. Comparison of the technical characteristics of the pottery with those of contemporaneous western European wares suggests that this immigrant potter came from England, and most probably from Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Ceramics and glass -- Denmark
• Pottery
• Denmark
• 900-1100
• Excavations
• Medieval
• Manufacture
• Lund (Malmöhus län, SWE)
• Lejre (DNK)
• Sweden
• Archaeological finds
• Stamford (Lincs, GBR)
• Ceramics
• Immigrants
• Potters
• English
• Great Britain

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Céramique et verre -- Danemark
• Poterie
• Danemark
• 900-1100
• Fouilles
• Moyen Age
• Fabrication
• Lund (Malmöhus län, SWE)
• Lejre (DNK)
• Suède
• Trouvaille
• Stamford (Lincs, GBR)
• Céramique
• Immigrés
• Potiers
• Anglais
• Grande-Bretagne

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960101-00283861

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