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1944.9.95

Black pottery jug with painted silver foliate pattern. Broken into 5 fragments. [ASh [OPS move] 13/04/2016]

1944.9.95

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Collection type
Object
Description
Black pottery jug with painted silver foliate pattern. Broken into 5 fragments. [ASh [OPS move] 13/04/2016]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Uttar Pradesh Azamgahr
Person
Field collector John Sturrock
PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period
Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected
circa 1917
Acquisition information
Donated: 1944
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Silver Foil Metal, Material Pigment, Process Decorated, Process Painted, Process Glazed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 149 mm, Height: max 155 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1944.9.95
Research and responses

Mrs W.D. Sturrock undoubtedly refers to Mary Macpherson, wife of William Duncan Sturrock (1880 - 1942) See biographies database for further details [L.Ph 26/3/2004]

He is probably the John Sturrock listed in the 1901 census as being aged 56, born in Scotland and living in Lee, London a retired Indian Civil Servant [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 27/02/2007]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Jug

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