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Even wooden plates and drinking vessels (now almost entirely disappeared) were still in common use.<br><br><b>Trading</b><br>Trade between England (especially East Anglia where this bowl was excavated) and The Netherlands was thriving at this period, at least until the Dutch Wars towards the end of the 17th century.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>After potters from the Low Countries had established themselves in London in the early 17th century, the import of tin-glazed earthenware rapidly declined. There was, however, no existing native English slipware tradition to compete with these little bowls with their crudely slip-trailed animal designs. Demand continued therefore until the technique was taken up and refined by the potters of Staffordshire in the mid-17th century.","physicalDescription":"Bowl or porringer, lead-glazed red earthenware with white trailed slip decoration, including the figure of a hare.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"},{"text":"lead glaze","id":"AAT233430"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazing (coating)","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Lead-glazed earthenware, with decoration in white slip and green glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AW2991"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56D","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA13","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Porringer","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"North Holland","id":"x29771"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1600-1650","earliest":"1600-01-01","latest":"1650-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"13","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"excluding handles","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"7.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"18","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including handles","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 01/10/1998 by DW","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Said to have been excavated in Colchester.\r\nExcavated at Colchester, Essex Made in the northern Netherlands","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Bowl or porringer, lead-glazed red earthenware depicting hare. 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