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BAT 2358
BA T 2358 (SCALE 10:1) Pewlerer's Iouch-mark
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An interesting complete, blue and grey, biconicaljug with pewter lid and repaired pewter handle. The jug, simi- lar to BA T 2303, has a rouletted heart and wheel decora- tiononsomeofthelowerverticalpanels,togetherwithtwo horizontal bands below the mid-cordon and a band on the shoulder of the cordon. The mid-body cordon is more wedge-shaped in profile than BAT 2303, resembling the more ornate style of jug, notably van Bock (1971: No. 479). The neck has a sprigged frieze of faces alternating with four-leafed clover, similar to van Kohnemann (1982:267 (lower left». The lid is a plain dome with no
decorative knob, and is attached to a repaired pewter handle. Obviously at some point in the life of the jug, the ceramic handle was broken and it was repaired with a pewter one, indicating that the jug was valuable enough to effect a repair. The pewterer's touch-mark is the Arms of the City of Amsterdam flanked with a 'V' on either side. Another pewter addition is a small, bead-like spot on the sideofthe neck which passes through thebody ofthe neck of the jug. It is possible that this is either a repair of a flaw in the neck of the jug, or a volume mark. The volume capacity to the lower point on the mark is 675 ml, to the
upper point 693 ml, and the total capacity to the brim 739 m!. This is slightly larger than the Netherlands pint which equalled 0.6 litre (Staple, 1927).
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