List of Romano-British pottery

Romano-British Pottery was produced from the 1st through the 5th centuries AD in Britain, during the period of occupation by the Roman Empire.^[1] Before the invasion of the Romans, pottery in Britain was handmade and fired in a bonfire. The Romans introduced the new technology of fast potters wheels and kilns for firing. The newer manufacturing methods resulted in a pottery that was different from the previous period's pottery. Wheel thrown pottery ceased to be produced after the End of Roman rule in Britain.^[2] Romano-British pottery has a thinner, harder and smoother fabric than both Iron Age (800 BC–100 AD) and Anglo-Saxon pottery (500–1066 AD).^[3]

List of Romano-British pottery

This is a partial list of Romano-British pottery.

Pottery Name	Time period	Characteristics	Origin	Image
Black-burnished ware	2nd to 4th centuries CE	Two classes of wares: I and II	Dorset area and Thames Estuary[4]
Crambeck Ware	4th century AD	One of two main Romano-British pottery industries in Yorkshire	Crambeck, Yorkshire[5]
Dales ware	3rd to 4th centuries AD	Used often as burial urns	South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire[6]
Hadham Red ware	2nd to 4th centuries AD	Used often as burial urns	Cambridgeshire[3][7]
Huntcliff ware	4th to early 5th centuries AD	Used often as burial urns	East Yorkshire[8]
Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware	2nd to 4th centuries AD	Barbotine-type decoration	Lower Nene Valley[9]
Oxfordshire colour coated ware	3rd to 4th centuries AD	Produced in Oxfordshire, distributed across Britain	East Anglia[10]
Vectis ware	2nd to 5th centuries AD	Production began prior to Roman occupation	Isle of Wight[11]

See also

• Ancient Roman Pottery
• Roman Britain
• List of English medieval pottery