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jug

Accession number: 5701
Collection place: Cheam, Surrey
Production date: Late Medieval; mid 14th-15th century
Material: ceramic; earthenware
Measurements: H 157 mm; DM (base) 87 mm
Museum Section: Medieval
Summary: [consider relocating with other med Cheam material?] Cheam whiteware small rounded drinking jug which seems to be a copy of German stoneware form; thumb-pressed base.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Medieval glazed ware.
Sub-category: Surrey whitewares.

Related publications

Pearce, Jacqueline E.; Vince, Alan; Jenner, Anne; Cowell, Michael; Haslam, Jeremy, Surrey Whitewares A dated type-series of medieval London pottery 4; LAMAS Special Paper 10 London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, (1988). Pages: 192 pISSN ISBN 0903290340 (Object details: fig 123 no 559, published)