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Collection Item: Posset Pot
Basic info
- Collection
- Decorative Arts
- Object name
- Posset pot
- Object category
- Ceramic
- Object subcategory
- Delftware
- Creators
- Unknown (Potter)
- Description
- A delftware posset pot and cover with a handle at each side and a spout curving up the front of the body; the cover has a mushroom-shaped knop. Decorated with flowers and birds in underglaze blue.
- Production date start
- 1680
- Production date end
- 1720
- Period
- Stuart
- Restoration
- William and Mary
- Queen Anne
- Georgian
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 2000.2621.a-b
- Alternative number
- MA24
- 24
- MM114
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 2.666
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- ID
- 15000588
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Earthenware (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Pot height 152.0 mm
- Cover height 83.0 mm
- Pot diameter 180.0 mm
- Cover diameter 170.0 mm
Production
- Creators
- Unknown (Potter)
- Location
- United Kingdom
- School/style
- Delftware
