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Posset Pot and Cover

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

Posset pot and cover of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Undecorated except for vertical rows of three bosses pushed outwards with the finger when the clay was moist. A similar double row of bosses around the lid. The body colour is a reddish buff. The glaze is creamy white with pinkish areas and some darker specks. The foot-rim and entire underside has been wiped clean of glaze. Three pad-marks are possibly connected with firing, and there are two peg-marks on horizontal flange of lid and a third on the vertical flange. The pot has a low recessed foot, handles rounded on inside, and a concave groove on outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer, Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Posset Pot
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
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, painted. Undecorated except for vertical rows of three bosses pushed outwards with the finger when the clay was moist. A similar double row of bosses around the lid. The body colour is a reddish buff. The glaze is creamy white with pinkish areas and some darker specks. The foot-rim and entire underside has been wiped clean of glaze. Three pad-marks are possibly connected with firing, and there are two peg-marks on horizontal flange of lid and a third on the vertical flange. The pot has a low recessed foot, handles rounded on inside, and a concave groove on outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer, Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
Credit line
Given by Mr E. Guy Dawber, London
Object history
Given by Mr E. Guy Dawber, London, 1922.
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
D10. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.589&A-1922

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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