Modern Era pottery from the archaeological site at the Ethnographic Museum of Zamora (north-western Spain): An archaeometric analysis

•The 11 ceramics unearthed in Zamora are from the Z-3 local reference group.•Tin-lead glazed ceramics at that period and site are calcareous, fired at 850–950 °C.•White pigment was achieved using SnO2 on PbO, green by Cu compounds and black by Mn.•P and Ca appear in glaze and clay because of the post-depositional contamination.•The pottery consumption by the people, who occupied the plot, shows a local pattern.