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1911.29.96

Stoneware jug

1911.29.96

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stoneware jug
Long description
Stoneware jug. The vessel has a brown salt glaze. It has a bulbous body and tapers to a narrow neck and narrow base. The jug has a handle between the shoulder and neck. [MJD 11/11/2014]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Oxfordshire Oxford University of Oxford Lincoln College
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Percy Manning
PRM source Percy Manning
Date / Period
Date made: 1550-1599
Date collected
circa 1886
Acquisition information
Donated: 1911
Materials and processes
Material Clay, Process Thrown, Process Glazed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 95 mm, Height 140 mm, Width: max 117 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1911.29.96
Research and responses

According to the British History Online article on Lincoln College the Fellows' Garden is the space bordered by the the south side of the chapel, the library on the east (built in 1906) and the Rector's Lodgings to the south west corner. The jug may have been excavated when 'In 1884–5 additions were made to the Rector's Lodgings.'. 'Lincoln College', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3, the University of Oxford, ed. H E Salter and Mary D Lobel (London, 1954), pp. 163-173 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol3/pp163-173 [accessed 31 March 2015]. [MJD 31/03/2015]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Jug

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