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Production: Wrotham Old Pottery
History note: Found during a dig at the Wrotham Brickyard site in June 1908; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, second half#
Circa
1650
CE
-
1700
CE
These fragments of a slipware tyg were among very few of this type found during the excavation on the site of the Wrotham Old Pottery in June 2008. Most of the sherds and wasters found were of a red pottery with a purplish-brown, slightly lustrous lead-glaze.
Decoration composed of slip ( cream)
reddish Earthenware
Accession number: C.114-1928
Primary reference Number: 71405
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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