Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label found in jug. Obverse reads: 'Both bottles [presumably 1927.1225 A-B] contained [?odd] iron nails and were placed in the hearth W.R. [William Rideway]'. Reverse is nearly illegible: '............. bottle ..... on either side of the fireplace ..... tankard at Burwell'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
This bottle once contained 'iron nails' and was recorded as being found 'placed in the hearth' and appears to indicate that these 1927.1225 A and B were found together, according to the note found inside.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The catalogue card notes: '?Found with [1927.1225] A'
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Nigel Jeffries, Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), dates this jug to the mid- to late-17th century. It was made in Frechen, Germany as a domestic jug but the provenance and deposit suggests it was reused as a 'witch bottle'. Jeffries is part of an AHRC-funded project (AH/S002693): 'Bottles Concealed and Revealed'.
Event Date 21/11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug decorated with a medallion enclosing a rosette. Once contained iron nails, now no longer present.
Event Date 21/11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bellarmine jug, of brown salt-glazed stoneware. Ribbed rim; mask of bearded man and applied loop handle on neck; globular body decorated with a medallion enclosing a rosette; small pedestal base. Chips to rim and base; once contained iron nails, now no longer present.
Event Date 12/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang