wheel thrown pottery

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Was discussing this old chestnut t`other day-when did this new fangled idea hit these shores? From memory (old and shot) I seem to recall about 100bc and the Aylesford-Swarling culture. Apparantly, wheel thrown pot was introduced as the result of Belgic influence? Also, visually, how does one tell the difference between clamp-kiln fired pot and that produced in an open firing (bonfire`ish) regime? Ta very muchly....

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aaaaaw c`mon....ppppplease!

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Not entirely sure, but as you've got no other takers I'll have a go. Surely a clamp produces a reducing, oxygen low environment where carbon (from organic inclusions) is not burnt out leaving vessels with a grey or black core. Oxidized vessels conversely (which might be expected in an oxygen rich bonfire) are more uniform in colour and sometimes reddish or brown when produced from iron rich clays.

PS Apologies to proper specialists out there, I'm a field type not a pot man.

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Huzzah! Thanking you most muchly! I may have just won a cream-egg bet! I`m certainly no pot specialist but I lurve it verily.......