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Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware (or Castor Ware) is a type of
The NVCC ceramic is a hard, smooth-textured fabric with finely irregular fracture. It is usually coloured white to off-white. The slip has a variable colour, dark brown to black, mottled lighter orange or orange-brown where thinner. The temper includes an abundant amount of very fine quartz sand and occasional larger quartz grains, red or orange and black flecks and occasional pale clay pellets.
Nene Valley Colour Coated Cup with hunt scene decoration in the British Museum
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Romano-British
The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons, ...
ceramic produced in the lower Nene Valley centred on Durobrivae (Water Newton) from the mid-2nd to 4th centuries AD. The closest city is Peterborough
Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...
, which vies with Northampton
Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...
, Wisbech
Wisbech ( ) is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland District, Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bordering Norfolk and ...
and London museums as a main repository and exhibition location of finds, arguably the most impressive of which are at the British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
. The name of this type of ceramic is often abbreviated to NVCC.
Industry
Pottery manufacture locally started in the mid first century AD, with workshops associated with the Roman fort atLongthorpe, Peterborough
Longthorpe is an area of the city of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located west from the city centre, the area covers . For electoral purposes it forms part of Peterborough West ward.
A 1st century Roman f ...
Swan, V. G. 1978. ''Roman Pottery in Britain'' (Shire Archaeology). Aylesbury: Shire Publications. pp20–21 with an expansion for several miles along the Nene valley between Wansford and Peterborough
Peterborough ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is north of London, on the River Nene. A ...
in the second century. The production centre was at the Roman town at Durobrivae (Water Newton) although the NVCC products are associated with a number of kilns found throughout the area at Stibbington
Stibbington is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, located approximately west of Peterborough city centre in the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Sibson-cum-Stibbington. It is situated in the far north-west corner of Huntingdonshir ...
, Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Chesterton, Yaxley, and Stanground.
Fabric
The NVCC ceramic is a hard, smooth-textured fabric with finely irregular fracture. It is usually coloured white to off-white. The slip has a variable colour, dark brown to black, mottled lighter orange or orange-brown where thinner. The temper includes an abundant amount of very fine quartz sand and occasional larger quartz grains, red or orange and black flecks and occasional pale clay pellets.
Decoration
The decoration of NVCC vessels is quite distinctive. The most common forms are beakers; both cornice-rimmed and bag-beakers.Monaghan, G. 1997.''Roman Pottery from York'' (Archaeology of York Series 16/8). York: York Archaeological Trust. pp893-896 Where decoration occurs it includesbarbotine
wikt: barbotine, Barbotine is the French for slip (ceramics), ceramic slip, or a mixture of clay and water used for moulding or decorating pottery. In English the term is used for three different techniques of decorating pottery, though in all cas ...
(both under and over the slip), rouletting and grooving. Hunt scenes in barbotine
wikt: barbotine, Barbotine is the French for slip (ceramics), ceramic slip, or a mixture of clay and water used for moulding or decorating pottery. In English the term is used for three different techniques of decorating pottery, though in all cas ...
decoration are well known from the earlier part of the industry, with the use of whorls instead of these beginning in the 3rd century AD.
Institutions
The following institutions are listed as having considerable collections of NVCC Ware collections: *British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
* Peterborough Museum
See also
*Nene Valley (disambiguation) Nene Valley may refer to:
Places
;Australia
* Nene Valley (South Australia), a valley
** Nene Valley, South Australia, a locality
** Nene Valley Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia
;United Kingdom
*A valley associated with the Ri ...
* List of Romano-British pottery
References
External links
Nene Valley Colour Coated Cup with hunt scene decoration in the British Museum
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