a - Pipeclay stamp 'GEO WEBB IN CHARD' from Chard, Silver Street. 1675-1700
b - Pipeclay stamp, male face with long hair, from Trowbridge, Church
Street. 1650-1700.
c
f - Typical trimming fragment formed when a tool is drawn along
the stem seam to remove it. This example is from Leicester, Causeway
Lane. c. 1810. Similar fragments have been noted from a number
of sites, individually, picked up on the surface of furniture
supplements and as masses compressed into bricks and bats.
g - Trimming rings from Ipswich, Neptune Quay. These are formed
from excess clay forced from the bowl by insertion of the stopper
and cut off with the knife. 19th century.
h - Trimming rings from Leeds, Cottage Street. The display of Samson
Strong's workshop in Kirkstall Abbey Museum includes a box of
unfired clay wasters and trimmings. The illustrated rings are
from this box. 1882-1950