University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
66/19
Description
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