Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 66, The Whiteley Galleries

Pot

1556-1557 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Stoneware pot


Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Pot
Materials and techniques
German or English stone with silver mounts
Brief description
Stoneware jug with silver mounts; London, 1556-7.
Physical description
Stoneware pot
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WC over a pig/grasshopper within a shaped shield - marks struck on the neck mount and on the underside of the foot. The London hallmark is transferred.
  • Town mark: London
Object history
Purchase - £75
Along with 214-1869 from I Peters
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
215-1869

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O104267/pot-unknown/
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