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LOT 1376
Medieval Handled Jug
13TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (741 grams, 16.5 cm high).
A coarse ceramic jug with rounded body, shallow shoulder, narrow mouth pinched to form a pouring lip, thick strap handle to the rear with thumb-pad above, incised circumferential lines to the shoulder with lines of stamped pellet ornament. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. Saunders, P. (ed.), Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue: part 3, Salisbury, 2001, item 87, for type.
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