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Posset Pot

ca. 1650-1655 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Posset Pot
  • Cover
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.3cm
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • M.P.G. 1876, Y. 4.
Other number
D11. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
3833&A-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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