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Posset-pot
Posset-pot, buff coloured earthenware, standing on a flattened-off foot-rim, globular body sloping inwards at the shoulder, flaring neck, twin handles to either side of the body moulded in the form of scrolling spirals, to the front of the body a narrow curving spout set flush against the sides of the body rising from the base to the neck; covered all over with a whitish tin glaze, a slightly pink tinge to the glaze, extensive plaster restoration to the neck.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34648
Acquisition
Purchase, 23/2/1915
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.4
diam
(cm): 9.5
Width
(cm): 14.3
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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