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Pottery: Unknown
Orange-brown calcareous earthenware with dark grey core, three groups of horizontal turned bands, thumbed, slightly sagging base, and thin remnants of olive-green lead-glaze on the upper part. The handle has thumb prints on either side of the top and on its lower end.
History note: Found in a well in Scotts Yard, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 31 cm
Width: 27 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
13th Century, second half
14th Century
Circa
1250
CE
-
1500
CE
Found in a well at Scotts Yard, Whittlesford
The jug was probably hand-formed and finished on a wheel.
Upper Part
composed of
lead-glaze
( olive-green)
Base
Diameter 16 cm
Part
Accession number: C.56-1930
Primary reference Number: 77084
Old object number: M.15 or M.16-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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