Laverstock Pottery

Medieval, 13th-14th century

A group of glazed medieval baluster jugs from the pottery kilns at Laverstock near Salisbury. This industry is known to have been producing vast quantities of all manner of everyday pottery during the 1200s and 1300s. Customers for these goods were to be found at the royal palace at Clarendon, near Salisbury and in the City itself. It is also known from sites all over southern England.

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Of particular significance in the collection are the relics of the ancient guilds of Salisbury.