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Flask

1865 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of red earthenware with decoration in white slip under a yellow glaze. In the form of a barrel, the hoops at top and bottom covered with white slip. Inscribed in capital letters impressed and filled with white clay.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with incised decoration.
Brief description
Flask, lead-glazed earthenware with incised decoration. English, made in East Grinstead, Sussex, dated 1865
Physical description
Jar of red earthenware with decoration in white slip under a yellow glaze. In the form of a barrel, the hoops at top and bottom covered with white slip. Inscribed in capital letters impressed and filled with white clay.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 5 3/4in
  • Taken from register diameter: 5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DEC TH 23 1865 EAST GRINSTEAD H.F. FOSTER.'
  • Transliteration
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Gallery label
Flask Made in East Grinstead, Sussex, dated 1865 Inscription: " DEC TH 23 1865 EAST GRINSTEAD H.F. FOSTER. " Lead-glazed earthenware with incised decoration. C.320-1931 Given by Mrs Celia Hemming(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Celia Hemming
Object history
Bought in East Grinstead.
Bibliographic references
  • Hemming, Celia, "Syssex Pottery",The Connoisseur, (May, 1912)
  • Brears, Peter, English Country Pottery. Newton Abbot, 1971
Collection
Accession number
C.320-1931

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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