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drug-pot
Object Type
drug-pot
Museum number
1899,0711.1
Description
Drug-pot; tin-glazed earthenware; globular body; slender stem and spreading foot; short spout; grooved handle; painted in blue with ornamental cartouche; fleur-de-lis and inscription.
Cultures/periods
Post-Medieval
Production date
17thC
Production place
Made in:
England
Materials
earthenware
Ware
delftware
Technique
tin-glazed
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
8.60 inches
Height:
7.60 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The seventeenth century design on this wet drug jar means that it is too early to have been made at Ireson's Wincanton pottery [S McManus].
Bibliographic references
Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum
(E162)
Hobson 1904 / A Guide to the English Pottery and Porcelain in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities
(p 36)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Overfired so glaze bubbled; extensive repairs to foot referred to Conservation for consolidation - August 2006.
Subjects
heraldry
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Sweetman
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1899,0711.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 22 Feb 2007
Treatment
: 26 Mar 1998
Treatment
: 09 Dec 1997
Treatment
: 07 Nov 2014