Posset Pot
ca. 1650-1655 (made)
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Posset-pot and cover of tin-glazed earthenware. Undecorated except for vertical rows of three bosses pushed outwards with the finger when the clay was moist. A similar row of bosses around the lid. The body colour is buff, and the glaze a pinkish white. A small area of underside is unglazed while the foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze. There are two peg-marks on horizontal flange of lid and a third on the vertical flange. The pot has a low foot, handles flat on inside, rounded on outside.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Posset pot and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, undecorated, London (Southwark or Rotherhithe), ca. 1650-1655. |
Physical description | Posset-pot and cover of tin-glazed earthenware. Undecorated except for vertical rows of three bosses pushed outwards with the finger when the clay was moist. A similar row of bosses around the lid. The body colour is buff, and the glaze a pinkish white. A small area of underside is unglazed while the foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze. There are two peg-marks on horizontal flange of lid and a third on the vertical flange. The pot has a low foot, handles flat on inside, rounded on outside. |
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Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
Object history | Given by Mr J. F. Walker to the Museum of Practical Geology in 1875. Transferred, 1901. |
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Other number | D11. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | 3833&A-1901 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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