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flask; spirit flask

Accession number: A1742?
Producer: Fulham Pottery
Collection place: New Kings Road, Fulham, London [Hammersmith and Fulham]
Production date: c. 1836-1855
Material: ceramic; stoneware
Measurements: H 148 mm
Museum Section: Decorative Art
Summary: [wrong acc no - A1742 is a Bartmann jug; real number A17550! - RS, Feb 2007] Fulham stoneware spirit flask in the shape of a chronometer, with two lugs either side of the neck. Stamped 'patent chronometer' on the obverse, with the retailer's name and addresss on the reverse: 'E. HORNER, Grange Inn, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields'.
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Stonewares.
Sub-category: London.

Related publications

Green, Chris, John Dwight's Fulham Pottery: excavations 1971-79 English Heritage archaeological report 6 London: English Heritage, (1999). Pages: xvi; 380 p.; illISSN ISBN 1850745994 (Object details: p 162 fig 132B, published)

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