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LOT 1862
Large Post Medieval Glazed Piriform Vessel
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
15 3/4 in. (4 kg, 40 cm high).
With integral handle, incised '3/2 / LB' over two lines to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Taylor, K., Hull, G., 'Excavation of Post-medieval Features and a Dump of Late Eighteen-century Artefacts from 5/6-7 Market Street, Oxford' in Oxoniensia, LXVII, pp.313-357, fig.18.
Footnotes
In the Oxford post medieval levels, of the later material, the most interesting piece was a large fragment of stoneware flagon, substantially identical to our specimen, inscribed 'R, Gurden Roe Buck Oxford'. Trade directories of the mid-19th century show that a Richard Curden was proprietor of the Roebuck family and commercial hotel and posting house in Cornmarket Street.
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