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The most popular form of ceramic vessel from Renewr was a dl. rl~ndsr storage
conta~neredlcd a "butter pr" (also referred lo as tall pe or pilchard pols1 lFigure3 47
and 48). Panions of 17 butler pots were pieced together fmm the thousands of rkrdr in
the collection. All of the Renews butter pas were made from smoath-tempered Nonh
Devon c orn eanhonwore. Although referred lo rs a smwth-fabric come canhenware
(Pope 1986: 1011, the typical Renewr butter pa was tempered with varying amounts of
fine. angular quunr. Each of these pan had the same baluster shape. appro~:imPely 30
cm high. and bulging just below the rim before nmwing in thc lower me-third. The
rims were pronounced and evened to enabled r elah or paper cover to h secured wlth a
,[ring (Granr 198334). Seved nm forms were present. pmbably a reflection of the
vwiliety of individud cnftrmanship rather than adelibemte rtylirrie tit. As the term
ruggests. these pols were used for lhe wansport pan andtarage of buner, although lhey dro
likely held aher foodstu(fs oncethebutter was ~on~rned. lk nowhlc absence of rmlk
puns. used in the prducnon of buner, m y helperplain the high incidence of butter
storage pols. If hurter was not made an the rite, lhcn it appsm that lhismmmodity must
have been stored there in rigni6cant amounts (see lhe direurrion an foodways in Chapter
4 below).
Another stong verxl form fmm Ihe assemblage includes four globulrr-rhapd pedrtaage