Jar

A brown, salt-glazed stoneware jar, which probably held spirits, excavated from a well or cess pit behind the 'Plume of Feathers' public house, Greenwich, during building work in 1983. Below the neck is impressed the figure '5' and the name of the retailer 'Nash & Hill'.

Object Details

ID: AAA6254
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jar
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1845
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 500 x 295 mm