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Pottery styles and decoration changed considerably during the very long medieval period, but in general terms the main items were cooking pots, dishes, bowls, jugs and storage jars.

Taking 12th century English examples, pottery was made all over the country using local clays; these were generally quite distinctive so today they can be classified as "London Ware", Stamford Ware" and so on simply from the colour of the fired clay. Many pots were unglazed, but gradually green lead glazes were produced to seal the inside of the pot; sometimes the outside was splashed with the same green glaze as a kind of decoration.

Some English 12th century pottery can be seen via the links below:

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