Storage Jar
first half 17th century (made)
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Storage jar of tin-glazed earthenware. Decorated with stripes in blue with a rope pattern in dark manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white under a lightly crazed lead-glaze. Lower half slightly discoloured by original contents. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Slightly concave on underside.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white under a lightly crazed lead-glaze. Lower half slightly discoloured by original contents. Underside unglazed.
Shape: Slightly concave on underside.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Storage jar of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with geometric design, London (Aldgate, Southwark or Rotherhithe), first half 17th century |
| Physical description | Storage jar of tin-glazed earthenware. Decorated with stripes in blue with a rope pattern in dark manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white under a lightly crazed lead-glaze. Lower half slightly discoloured by original contents. Underside unglazed. Shape: Slightly concave on underside. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, 1901. |
| Production | London (Aldgate, Southwark or Rotherhithe) |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Other number | J3. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3879-1901 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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