Medicine jar
This type of jar is called an ‘albarello’ and the shape copies an Islamic style of jar. It was discovered in Exeter in 1880, and is one of the finest examples of French Beauvais pottery ever found in Britain.
The Exeter: a Place in Time (EAPIT) project has recently carried out research on French pottery from Exeter.
The Exeter: a Place in Time (EAPIT) project has recently carried out research on French pottery from Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/2764
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- potteryBeauvais earthenware
- Common Name
- medicine jar
- Simple Name
- jug
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1500
- Production Year High
- 1550
