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Of the 50 ceramic vessels horn the reventetnth~nturycontert in Renews. 46 or 92 %
have been identified u being of English manufacrurr. one delR vessel of e ik English or
Dutch mmufacture. three of Spanish or merim mpnufacturr and a single pot from the
Low Countries (Duuh). Of tbe English pieces. 41 wrr made in Nonh Devon. two in
South Sameset. one in the Toms maof South Devon and one Bodeder wm jug fmm
either Sumy. Hampshrre or Domt.
A, so many of the Renews vcrwls were horn Nath Devon. this variety of pottery
wmane funher elaboration. A mare detailed dewriplion of Nonh Devon potwry can be
found in Alison Grant's "Nonh Dewn Ponery: The Scvenrcrnrh Cmrury" (19831 and for
a Newfoundland pespenive on rhe rame. Peler Pope's M.A. hsis (1986) should be
consulted ar he details the types of Nanh Dcvon pmtery dixo~d P Ferryland in the
1980s. A bnef synopsis of this type of pottery will be presented to familiarize d e n
with the most dominant ceramic wares fmm Renews.
Coarse emhenwmr M been manufacactud in and mund the Nmh Devon t om of
Bideford and Bamswple rincc medieval times. Technological developments in 61e
sixleenth century. coupled with an established maritime link with the Conti~nt md
Nonh America enabled the pmduction and proliferation of Nonh Devan pottery