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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Shop pot

Jar
mid 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Fulham (made)
Vauxhall (made)

Jar or "shop pot" of salt-glazed stoneware. Grey base, freckled reddish dip.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Jar
TitleShop pot (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware
Stoneware
Glazed
Brief description
Jar (shop pot), salt-glazed stoneware, Fulham or Vauxhall, London, mid 18th century
Physical description
Jar or "shop pot" of salt-glazed stoneware. Grey base, freckled reddish dip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.4cm
  • Diameter: 20.8cm
Credit line
Purchased with the support of Sir Harry Djanogly CBE and with funds from the Hugh Phillips and Robert Stones Bequests
Bibliographic references
  • Oswald, Hildyard & Hughes. English brown stoneware, 1670-1900. London: Faber and Faber, 1982, pl. 22
  • Hildyard, Robin. Browne Muggs: English brown stoneware. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.89-2013

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Record createdJuly 22, 2013
Record URL
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