 In addition to the availability of appropriate clays, the availability of fuel (forest) as well as the accessibility to trading routes was essential to the development of a successful place of pottery manufacture in the Middle Ages.During the early Middle Ages Badorf Ware was produced within the promontory of the Rhineland.A painted type of Badorf Ware was developed from the originally plain and pale promontory ware which was decorated by using a roller handstamp.