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throughout colontal Nonh America in IIX hcwveeenIh anw (Gnnt 1983: 1. 12). A<br />
typical (hut not ubiquitous) feature <strong>of</strong> vvcnleenthcenlw North Devoa wmn is the<br />
rrndfied color within the badier <strong>of</strong> morr vessels. This telltde characteristic was panially<br />
due to the prxtice <strong>of</strong> stacking Ihe pats upride down in the kiln. thus causing a lack <strong>of</strong><br />
oxygen in the pot interion. What followed w u an oxygen-poor (reduced) envimnment<br />
inside the vessels, msulting in the incomplele oxidation <strong>of</strong> the clay. The fired vcrwlr are<br />
had wilh an orange. red, or bmwn erteriw and a grey interior (Grant 19825 1-52). It<br />
would vppem tha an erepion to thin m the smaller. finely Ihmwn vesxlr from Renews.<br />
particularly the drinkingcups. bh<strong>of</strong> thecups was completely oridizedand Irked the<br />
grey intcnor. Mort oi OK Nonh Devan wam imm Rcncws were glmed on Ihe interior<br />
with many vessels displaying lrails <strong>of</strong> glaze down k ir exteriors. The Nonh Devan<br />
potrely forms from Renews consisted <strong>of</strong> (in order <strong>of</strong> frqucney) storage pats (bah slender<br />
and glohulm-shaped). drinking cups, cooking pars, porringers. a galley pat and a<br />
rgrafitto-decorated plate.<br />
Two other English vessels were mmufactd in Somenet county. likely in Denyart.<br />
mother Wesl Country center fm seventeenthcentury ceramic pmductim (Coleman-<br />
Smich and Pemon 1988:xvii). The South Somervt galley pat and drinking cup were<br />
well-made. each with just an inurioc am<strong>be</strong>r, or brow gk. 'The <strong>only</strong> other vessel oI<br />
cenvin English manufzcam wu n small jug, which wu paa~ibly used for saw. Ir was<br />
one <strong>of</strong> vanety <strong>of</strong> white-bodiedearthenwues made in Suney. Hamphire, Famham and