Roman Glassmakers Medieval and Post-Medieval Glass Page

Summaries of vessel types in PDF format
Our galleries of Medieval and Post-medieval glass for sale are found here

This is a new departure for us in 2008, and we have taken as our starting point the two Council for British Archaeology (CBA) Research Reports:

These books provide a survey of glass found and (often) made in England from the beginning of the forest glass industry in the Weald through to the period of the development of lead crystal (or flint glass, so named due to the original source of silica being calcined flint) by George Ravenscroft in the late 17th century.

Many of the vessel shapes owe their origin to continental shapes, made by foreign glassworkers working in England (originally from northern France, but later also from the Netherlands and Murano (one of the islands of Venice), or as copies of continental vessels, presumably seen by English glassmakers.

We have put together a series of summaries, as PDF files, which can be accessed below. These give an outline, form by form, of the vessels (and other objects) we are currently concentrating on.

The typologies are based on Tyson and Wilmott, but are supplemented with information from other sources, details of which are also given below. The non-vessel objects are not covered by either Tyson or Willmott, but we have pulled together information from those other sources.

We will add to these summaries, and create new ones as we develop our range of glass.

We are selling these vessels directly from our workshop, from the markets (see the Events page) and from the Gallery on our website. Click on the preceeding links for information.

Summaries of vessel types in PDF format:

References:

Charleston, R. J. (1981) '16th to 17th century English Glass' in Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre 1977-1980: Liege

Charleston, R. J. (1984) ' The Glass', in Allan, J. 'Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Exeter, 1971-80' Exeter Arch. Report 3, pp.258-278. Exeter: Exeter City Council

Charleston, R. J. (1990) 'Slick-stones ('linen smoothers') in Biddle, Martin (1990) 'Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester' Oxford University Press pp. 240-242

Clark, Rose (2003?) 'Catalogue of the glass from the brick-lined cesspit at Gutter Lane (Context 793)' MA Dissertation Project: University College London

Crossley, D. W. and Aberg, F. A. (1972) 'Sixteenth-Century Glass-Making in Yorkshire: Excavations at Furnaces at Hutton and Rosedale, North Riding, 1968-1971' Journal of Post Medieval Archaeology 6

Hardwick, Paul (2002) 'Through a Glass, Darkly: Interpreting Animal Physicians' Reinardus, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2002, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 63-70

Haslam, J. (1993) 'Glass Vessels' in Margeson, S. (ed) (1993) 'Norwich Households - Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78' East Anglian Archaeology Monograph No. 58 (Norwich Survey)

Hurst Vose, Ruth (1994) 'Excavations at the 17th century glasshouse at Haughton Green, Denton, near Manchester.' Journal of Post Medieval Archaeology 28

Hurst Vose, Ruth (1995) 'Excavations at the c.1600 Bickerstaffe Glasshouse, Lancashire' in Journal of the Merseyside Archaeological Society Vol. 9

Lensink, H. And L.(2008) 'Glas: Een greep uit vijf eeuwen glasgeschiedenis' PolderVondsten: www.poldervondsten.nl

Museum of London: The Ceramics and Glass Collection web pages. Click here

Platt, C. (1975) 'Excavations in Medieval Southampton. Volume 2: The Finds'

Tyson, Rachel (2000) 'Medieval glass vessels found in England c AD 1200-1500' Council for British Archaeology: CBA Research Report 121

Willmott, Hugh (2002) 'Early post-medieval vessel glass in England c. 1500-1670' Council for British Archaeology: CBA Research Report 132

Medieval and Post-medieval Glass

Summaries of vessel types in PDF format:

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