3rd February 2013, 08:50 PM
Pots don't have to have flat bases! Plenty of prehistorirc and medieval saggy/rounded bases
Looking at them, both seem to have rough (?broken) chamfers around the edges of the 'decorated' sides? Have seen coil-built vessels that have failed during firing and the seperate base-disk has come off almost totally clean (happens with thrown pots too, not sure why), although if thats the case the potter has put all his efforts into decorating the inside of the bases - but no, not seen anything quite like those. Afraid not familiar with the pot from down there, and Bronze Age pot later than an occasional bit of Collared Urn/Food Vessel etc doesn't happen much round here/ever (not recognisably anyway). Do these ones have a similar diameter to the bases of local pots...actually that's probably a stupid question given the size range of pots...
I like these threads...and one day I'll be able to post a useful response to one :face-approve:
Looking at them, both seem to have rough (?broken) chamfers around the edges of the 'decorated' sides? Have seen coil-built vessels that have failed during firing and the seperate base-disk has come off almost totally clean (happens with thrown pots too, not sure why), although if thats the case the potter has put all his efforts into decorating the inside of the bases - but no, not seen anything quite like those. Afraid not familiar with the pot from down there, and Bronze Age pot later than an occasional bit of Collared Urn/Food Vessel etc doesn't happen much round here/ever (not recognisably anyway). Do these ones have a similar diameter to the bases of local pots...actually that's probably a stupid question given the size range of pots...
I like these threads...and one day I'll be able to post a useful response to one :face-approve: