Nottingham stoneware mug.
Stoneware | Object #: 1695614
Capacity estimated at 0.36 pints or about a gill (using imperial measure).
Capacity estimated at 0.36 pints or about a gill (using imperial measure).
Capacity estimated at about a pint (using imperial measure).
English or Dutch.
on the reverse: woman (Hibernia), harp, and "HIBERNIA 1723"; on the obverse: bust of George I and "GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX"; Noel Hume (1969:156-157,
Latin name: Monetaria (Ornamentaria) annulus. Also called ring cowrie or gold finger. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Neck-finish height: approx 96mm. Sloping shoulders up to long neck and rounded, irregular string rim and cracked-off, heat-treated, flat-topped lip.
Kidd and Kidd: WIa - Wound-singlelayered.
Kidd and Kidd: IVb - Drawn-nontubular-multilayered-adventitious.
Ground bore, flared rim.
Ground bore, flared rim.
"TR" on hook inside frame facing up. See Fales (1995:55, plate 27); caption reads, "Pair of silver shoe buckles worn by Elizabeth Paschall on her wedding day, 11 May 1721, according to the engraved inscriptions on the back of the buckles. They were made and marked (FR in a heart) by Francis Richardson…
Based on cordoning, this vessel most likely measured 135mm in height. Capacity estimated at 1.24 pints or about a pint (using imperial measure).