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Culture:English (possibly)
Title:ink bottle
Date Made:1750-1850
Type:Written Communication Tool
Materials:ceramic: salt-glazed stoneware, iron-rich slip
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Nottingham (possibly)
Measurements:overall: 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm
Accession Number:  HD 87.091
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Round, stoneware ink bottle covered in a lustrous, iron-rich, brown slip over a grey body. The straight-sided, cylindrical container has a slightly concave base and a raised short, lipped lip banded with incised or raised concentric circles. There are two scribe marks on the shoulder; and a white label that reads "R 167" on the base.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware

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