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Porringer

ca. 1580-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Surrey (made)
Hampshire (made)

Porriger of lead glaze earthenware. Vertical lip contracting to the foot which is slightly recessed. Three horizontal grooves round body. Horizontal handle curved upwards. Green glaze inside; outside, a smear of colourless glaze.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Porringer
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Brief description
Porriger of buff earthenware with mottled green lead glaze. English (Surrey/Hampshire borders), ca. 1580-1650
Physical description
Porriger of lead glaze earthenware. Vertical lip contracting to the foot which is slightly recessed. Three horizontal grooves round body. Horizontal handle curved upwards. Green glaze inside; outside, a smear of colourless glaze.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 2 5/8in
  • Including handle; taken from register diameter: 6in
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Porringer
Made in the Surrey/Hampshire borders, England, about 1600
Lead-glazed earthenware

C.71-1951 Stuart G. Davis Bequest
(2010 (TAB))
Porringer, Surrey/Hampshire borders, 1580-1650
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Historical context
Streaky green glaze inside only. Are common in England and on the Continent in the early post-medieval period. Are invariably carinated at or just below the mi dpoint of the profile. The majority are ribbed just above this carination. There generaly 3 or 4 ribs and grooves, which may be quite pronounced. Some are quite blackedned up to the rim but 60% are clear so seems more used for eating from and not for cooking from. Seem more suited to solid rather than purely liquid food.
Production
Made on the Surrey/Hampshire borders.
Bibliographic references
  • Pearce, Jacqueline, Border Wares, London: HMSO, 1992
  • Bruce-Mitford, R.L.S., 'The archaeology of the site of the Bodleian extension in Broad Street, Oxford', Oxoniensia, IV (1939)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.71-1951

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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