M0019846: Medieval jug with traces of green glaze, c.15th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Medieval jug, buff fabric, traces of greenish glaze. Found in London, said to be 15th century.

Photograph of a pottery pitcher found in London and thought to be 15th century. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1920 and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R2872/1939)

April 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R2872/1939

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.