35/1994
Collection
Ceramics
Brief description
Earthenware watering pot, glazed around the front and on the sprinkler, thought to be made in London and to date c.1600.
Object name
watering pot
Object number
35/1994
Location
On Display
Production date
c.1600 (manufactured)
Production place
London (manufactured)
Period
Tudor (1485-1603)
Stuart (1603-1714)
Stuart (1603-1714)
Material
earthenware
glaze
glaze
Technique
glazed
Physical description
A vessel with a sprinkler and handle. The exterior is glazed.
Dimensions
Height: 30cm
Width: 25.5cm
Diameter: 13cm
Width: 25.5cm
Diameter: 13cm
Website keywords
cleaning
Household management and family wellbeing
Household management and family wellbeing
Label
Label text for ‘Keeping House’ case, Information Bay 1, Geffrye Museum, 2010:
Watering pot, late sixteenth century
Earthenware
Until the eighteenth century carpets were expensive commodities and most people used them on tables rather than floors. Plaited rush matting was widespread as a floor covering, but was prone to dustiness. Watering pots such as this one were used to dampen the matting and keep dust levels down.
Watering pot, late sixteenth century
Earthenware
Until the eighteenth century carpets were expensive commodities and most people used them on tables rather than floors. Plaited rush matting was widespread as a floor covering, but was prone to dustiness. Watering pots such as this one were used to dampen the matting and keep dust levels down.
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