Pottery crucible for melting copper [SM (Verve) 17/07/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery crucible for melting copper [SM (Verve) 17/07/2014]
Long description: Pottery crucible for melting copper. The crucible contains traces of copper inside and has a small pouring spout on one side. [SM (Verve) 17/07/2014]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford 20 Cornmarket Street
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Nash; PRM source Nash
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1935
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Copper Metal, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions: Diameter: max 37 mm, Height: max 40 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.54.3
Research and responses: 20 Cornmarket was part of Virgin Megastores in 2006 [AP 03/07/2006]
The crucible came from the site of Marks and Spencer's when they were rebuilding in 1934-1935 see '18–20 Cornmarket ... This was the original Marks & Spencer site in Oxford. The store demolished these three old buildings in 1934 , and the shop opened on 10 May 1935. It was so popular that it had extended its premises northwards to 21 Cornmarket by November 1939.' [Oxford History http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/cornmarket/east/13_20_old/18_20.html] [MJD (Verve) 19/6/2017]

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