Cistern
Dublin Core
Title
Cistern
Subject
Medieval Ceramic Cistern
Description
Coarse Border ware bunghole jug with a thumbed, slightly convex base, simple red paint decoration and green glaze on the upper body. The strap handle has incised and stabbed decoration
Publisher
Museum of London
Date
Mid 14th-15th Century
Contributor
Robert Largey
Type
Still Image
Collection Items
Cistern
Fig 1. Coarse Border ware bunghole jug with a thumbed, slightly convex base, simple red paint decoration and green glaze on the upper body. The strap handle has incised and stabbed decoration
Monk drinking from barrel
Fig 2. a monk-cellarer tasting wine from a barrel whilst filling a jug. From British Library, Sloane 2435, f.44v.
Jug and drinking horn
Fig 3. Detail of a man using a jug to pour a drink into a drinking horn. From British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI f. 4v.
Plan of London about 1300
Fig. 4 - Map of the city of London around the year 1300, with a marker to show where the cistern was found in Bell Alley, Holborn.
Face Jug
Fig. 5, Pottery face-jug; Kingston-type Ware; miniature anthropomorphic jug; green glaze; bearded face on neck; body has arms with hands touching beard; rod handle