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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Jug

ca. 1390-1450 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware with lead glaze jug. Fusiform with short cylindrical neck, flat rim and small loop handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with lead glaze
Brief description
Buff earthenware covered partly with a yellow lead glaze and splashes of copper green oxide. English (Cheam), about 1390-1450
Physical description
Earthenware with lead glaze jug. Fusiform with short cylindrical neck, flat rim and small loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 7 5/8in
  • Taken from register diameter: 3 3/8in
Gallery label
  • Jug Made in Cheam, 15th century Earthenware with lead glaze 2020-1901 Jermyn Street Collection (formerly in Chaffers Collection) Found in London Wall.(23/05/2008)
  • Jug, Surrey (Cheam), 1390-1450(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection (formerly in Chaffers Collection).
Said to have been found at London Wall in May 1844.
At the time of acquisition, this jug was thought to be 13th or 14th century.
Collection
Accession number
2020-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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