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  • Object number
    60/72
  • Description
    This stoneware wine jar has a brownish glaze, and one handle. It came from Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire, where it was used for storing home-made wine in a barn.
  • Physical description
    1 wine jar: pottery; good condition
  • Archival history
    MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 January 2013 – Mr T. Harris had a smithy at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. Upon his death in February 1960, his daughter, Mrs M. K. Fenn, donated a large number of his tools to the Museum. Mr Harris had previously donated a number of objects to the Museum in 1952 and 1956.
  • Object name
    Jar, wine
  • Material
    Ceramic, Glaze
  • Technique
    Fired, Glazed
  • Associated subject
    DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : serving, eating and drinking
    PROCESSING : storage and refrigeration
    Wine
  • Associated person/institution
    Fenn, M. K. (Agent)
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3236.tif - High resolution image
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