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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 276471, member: 59"]I had never heard that term, AJ. None of the information that accompanied the bowl did nor give a name to that - only "brown exterior."</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any truth to the idea that this kind of ware was used a ballast in ships engaged in the China Trade? Would that account in any way for OBB's observation that many like Charlie's jar are found along the Thames foreshore?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 276471, member: 59"]I had never heard that term, AJ. None of the information that accompanied the bowl did nor give a name to that - only "brown exterior." Is there any truth to the idea that this kind of ware was used a ballast in ships engaged in the China Trade? Would that account in any way for OBB's observation that many like Charlie's jar are found along the Thames foreshore?[/QUOTE]
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