Accession No
1905.291
Description
Redware glazed jug. Upright, collared rim; strap handle with central vertical ridge extending from collar to below shoulder of body with thumb impression; upright, short neck; body widens to a shoulder half way down body; slight taper to flat base. Two-thirds of rim is reconstructed with cork, so unknown if there was a spout; some scratches and holes on lower part of body. Wheelmade; no glaze on bottom third of body.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Market Hilll
Period
?Post Medieval
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; Freeman, Samuel J. [collector and vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1905.291
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
138mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'Jug. Market Hill, Cambridge, 1905 (B[ough]t Freeman). *The Cambridge Ant. Soc. 1905'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'A wide-mouthed jug with ringed handle, of red clay with brown glaze.'
Event Date 1905
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Auction / Sale)
Collected or purchased in 1905.
Event Date 1905
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
About 2/3 of the rim is broken off and missing. Reconstructed using cork.
Event Date 26/9/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Redware glazed jug. Upright, collared rim; strap handle with central vertical ridge extending from collar to below shoulder of body with thumb impression; upright, short neck; body widens to a shoulder half way down body; slight taper to flat base. Two-thirds of rim is reconstructed with cork, so unknown if there was a spout; some scratches and holes on lower part of body. Wheelmade; no glaze on bottom third of body.
Event Date 31/1/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:12853
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