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Cup

ca. 1450-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portion of a cup of buff-coloured earthenware, partly covered with a green glaze. The rim is pinched in to form a cinquefoil edge. There are remains of a loop handle.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware partly covered with a green glaze.
Brief description
Portion of a lobed cup of buff earthenware partly covered with a green glaze. English, Surrey/Hampshire borders, about 1450-1500.
Physical description
Portion of a cup of buff-coloured earthenware, partly covered with a green glaze. The rim is pinched in to form a cinquefoil edge. There are remains of a loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 5.1cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 12.7cm
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Part of a cup
Made in the Surrey/Hampshire borders, about 1500-1600
Earthenware

2026-1901 Jermyn Street Collection (formerly Cato Collection)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Formerly Cato Collection.
Found in Moorfields, London, in 1865.
Production
Made on the Surrey/Hampshire borders.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard, "The virtues of English pottery", E.C.C. Transactions, vol. 2, no.7, 1959, pl. XXIVc and p. 102.
  • Pearce, Jacqueline and Alan Vince, A Dated Type-Series of London Medieval Pottery. Part 4: Surrey Whitewares, Museum of London, 1988, fig. 38
Collection
Accession number
2026-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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