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jar; drug jar

Accession number: 21699
Collection place: England or Netherlands
Production date: 1660
Material: ceramic; earthenware
Measurements: H 80 mm; DM 106 mm
Museum Section: Post-Medieval
Summary: English/Dutch tin-glazed ware drug jar, c.1660. Decorated with two blue lines around the belly continually crossing over each other, below this are three blue bands and above it are three blue bands. Pieces are missing in the bottom, side and from the rim. From the upper, organic deposit of a chalk and brick walled rubbish pit exposed by underpinning beneath Russia Row.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Tin glazed wares.
Sub-category: Continental.

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