Object number
66/8/35
Description
Stoneware storage jar, with a narrow neck it contains the remains of an unknown substance. Found at a blacksmith's forge Great Shelford.
This is an earthenware two-tone brown and buff stoneware storage jar, with a narrow neck. The inside is blackened and it contains the remains of an unknown substance. It was found with a large collection of bottles of horse potions which were uncovered during the demolition of a blacksmith's forge in Great Shelford.
Physical description
1 storage jar: earthenware; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ form - ‘66/8/1-48 // Accession 66/8 // Veterinary Preparations // This group of objects classified under LIVESTOCK veterinary // Photographed Nos: 60/10808-60/10815 // These objects all re-photographed as follows and negative cards put under subsidiary // 66/8/35 Jar, Livestock veterinary.’, MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) - ‘ Jar // LIVESTOCK- Veterinary // Description: An earthenware two tone brown and buff storage jar with narrow neck. The inside is blackened and it contains the remains of an unknown substance // Dimensions: Base dia 10.7cm Height 16cm dia of top 8.8cm // Associated Information: Found in the Forger with veterinary bottles at Gt. Shelford, Cambs.’
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