POTTERY IN BRITAIN

POTTERY IN BRITAIN BY LLOYD LAING

Pottery in Britain, a guide to identifying pot sherds, by Lloyd Laing, aims to provide an introductory guide to identifying some of the basic types of pottery that may be found and contains 178 illustrations, mainly in colour, divided into the following sections:

• The potter’s craft 
• The study of pottery 
• Prehistoric pottery- the Neolithic Period circa 4000-2000BC 
• The Bronze Age circa 2000- 700BC 
• The Iron Age circa 700/ 600BCAD43
• The Roman Period AD43 - circ AD409 
• The Dark Ages & Early Medieval Period 
• The Medieval Period - 11th-15th Centuries ? The 16th & 17th Centuries 
• The 18th & 19th Centuries 
• Glossary of terminology