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Costrel
Costrel or bottle, very coarse gritty red earthenware, barrel-shaped with all the sides curved except for one end which has been flattened off to allow the costrel to be stood upright on its side, from what would normally be the top of the costrel rises a cylindrical neck which flares out towards the lip-rim, and which is flanked on either side by two roughly moulded handles which are pierced through the centre to allow the costrel to be suspended from something; the whole of the body of the costrel, apart from the flattened side, and the lower portions of the neck and handles is covered with a mottled green glaze.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34534
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 13th century
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 16.3
Length
(cm): 20.6
Width
(cm): 12.4
Height
(in): 6
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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