Objects
Jug
Alcohol
Consumption
Company and drinking groups
[taken from catalogue entry]
Jug; tin-glazed earthenware; globular; sprinkled manganese purple ground with two reserved bands with blue edges; rim and foot painted blue; inscription; mounted in silver(later date); lid set with Charles II guinea.
Inscription [around neck of vessel]:
RICHARD BIRCHET 1641
Inscription [around belly of vessel]:
DRINKE TO THY FREND BUT REMEMBER THY ENDE 1641
[manganese purple earthenware also known as 'Malling ware']
Production
Dates of Production: exact 1641
Southwark, London, England
Consumer
Richard Birchet
male
Materials
Earthenware
Metal- silver
Earthenware- white
Metal- plate
Museological Details
jug/coin
British Museum
E.35
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