University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
66/19
Description
Earthenware jar, used for pickling eggs on Lutson Farm, Sutcombe, Devon. Could be Barnstaple ware, salt glazed inside c.1920.
This is an earthenware jar, which was used for pickling eggs on Lutson Farm, Sutcombe, Devon. Could be Barnstaple ware, salt glazed inside c.1920.
Physical description
1 jar: earthenware; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘JAR // Domestic- storing- food // C.A. Jewell, Museum of English Life // from Luston Farm, Suttcombe, Devon. Salt glaze inside c1920. Used for pickling eggs. Maybe Barnstaple ware [pencil drawing].’
Production date
1915-01-01
Object name
Jar, preserving
Material
Ceramic, earthenware, Glaze
Technique
Fired, Glazed
Associated subject
DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : food preparation
PROCESSING : food preservation
Eggs
Associated person/institution
Lutson Farm (Corporate Body)
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7170.tif - High resolution image