Black bottle stopper decoratively painted with silver paint. Possibly a match for 1894.51.7, 1894.51.10, 1894.51.9 or 1944.9.44. [JP 10/3/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black bottle stopper decoratively painted with silver paint. Possibly a match for 1894.51.7, 1894.51.10, 1894.51.9 or 1944.9.44. [JP 10/3/2004]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Uttar Pradesh Azimgarh
Person: Field collector Eustace Kitts; Field collector Eustace John Kitts; Field collector Mary Louisa Sturrock; PRM source Eustace Kitts; PRM source Eustace John Kitts; PRM source Mary Louisa Sturrock
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1894
Date collected: ? By 1894; ? circa 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1894, uncertain Donated: 09/1944, uncertain Found unentered: 2004
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 27 mm, Height: max 61 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2004.55.1
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]

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