Medieval London

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
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