Pottery in Britain by Lloyd Laing

"Clay is an exceptionally versatile material. It can be made into many useful and beautiful objects, decorated in a splendid variety of ways and, if exposed to high temperatures, made into pottery. Both rich and poor have used pottery since the Stone Age, so the way the craft developed gives unusually clear insights into intimate details of lifestyle and outlooks in even remote periods.”

Pottery in Britain, a guide to identifying pot sherds, by Lloyd Laing, aims to provide an introductory guide to identifying some of the basic types of pottery that may be found and contains 178 illustrations, mainly in colour, divided into the following sections:

The potter’s craft

The study of pottery

Prehistoric pottery- the Neolithic Period circa 4000-2000BC

The Bronze Age circa 2000- 700BC

The Iron Age circa 700/ 600BCAD43

The Roman Period AD43 - circ AD409

The Dark Ages & Early Medieval Period

The Medieval Period - 11th-15th Centuries ? The 16th & 17th Centuries

The 18th & 19th Centuries

Glossary of terminology.

250mm x 190mm, 136 pages, ISBN

1 897738 145