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H.: 5"(12.7 cm); Diam. (body): 5 IIZ'(14 cm); 
Diam. (with spout): 6 1/2" (16.5 cm); 
Diam. (with handles): 8 1/4" (21 cm) 
BODY CLAY: Medium-grained 
pinkish buff. 
TIN GLAZE: White with afew blow 
holes. Large patch on bottom glazed by 
overrun from walls, Overall, excluding 
where footrim wiped clean. 
S H A P E: Thrown and probably originally 
with low-domed lid. Pulled handles 
(one partially replaced) with raised 
ridge along spines and slightly curled 
lower terminals. Spout (partially 
replaced) of circular section. Concave 
bottom with flat rim. 
DECORATION: Painted. Bird-on-rock 
motifs with plants. Borders composed 
of interlocking S-scrolls and horizontal 
lines. Handles bear mottled ground, 
slightly running in glaze, and spout 
bears wavy line elaborated with dashes 
and curvilinear motifs. 
and archaeological evidence, this type of ware is associated with the Pickle-
herring factory in Southwark (see nos. D218, D219). 
   A 1632 dated posset pot, much like this one in shape, retains its low-domed
lid and shares several design features with the Longridge example but probably
was painted by another decorator.' Another bird-on-rock posset pot is of
much 
the same shape (with a flatter lid) and is inscribed "STEPHEN GARDNER
1631." 
At least two other uninscribed examples also are known.' 
1, lobson, British Museum, f1ig. 107, no. 101 
(side 1), and Lipski and Archer, Dated Delftware, 
no. 887 lside 2). 
2. Rackham, (Glisher, vol. 2, pl. 8113, no. 1294; 
Archer, RiJksmuseunn, no. 11 (Boymans-van 
Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, colleciion); 
Archer, V&A, no. D.9. 
Ex colls.: L. L. Lipski:J. P Kasseboum. 
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