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Tin-glaze

Scope note

Opaque glaze containing an oxide of tin or tin ashes.

This term has 1,953 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000233436

Narrower Terms used

berettino

Term used for

glaze, tin
tin glaze

Equivalent Terms used

tin glazes

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Punch ladle

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified English pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified Dutch pottery (Probably)

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: unidentified London pottery (Probably)

Posset pot

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

Wine bottle

Maker(s)

Pottery: Montague Close Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Rotherhithe Pottery (Possibly)

Pill-tile

Maker(s)

Pottery: uncertain

Dish

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery

Dish emblematic of Fecundity

Maker(s)

Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)
Proprietor of pottery: Newnham, Richard

Cup

Maker(s)

Pottery: Pickleherring Pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Rotherhithe Pottery (Probably)

Mug

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: Lambeth High Street Pottery
Proprietor of pottery: Griffith, Abigail

Punch bowl

Maker(s)

Pottery: Lambeth High Street Pottery
Proprietor of pottery: Griffith, William

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