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Hedingham Ware
Site: Various, Bury St. Edmunds.
Period: Medieval (mid 12th-13th centuries AD).
Excavator: Suffolk C.C. Archaeological Service.
Published: internal reports.
Brief description: The Hedingham Ware production centre was based in Sible Hedingham, Essex. This ware is relatively common in other parts of East Anglia and is often found in Bury St. Edmunds, occasionally in Norwich. The fabric is fine, often soft, orange to buff and micaceous. The kilns also produced grey and brown medium and fine sandy coarsewares which occur relatively frequently in south Suffolk and Essex.
The glazed wares consisted largely of jugs glazed with uncoloured ('orange') or green lead glaze. Applied decoration, such as the shield in the picture, is a common feature of most glazed wares of this period. See Grimston Ware for more examples.
Further reading
Cotter, J., 2000, Post-Roman Pottery from Excavations in Colchester 1971-85, Colchester Archaeological Report 7.