The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Another vessel, of analogous character, preserved in the Scarborough
Museum, is engraved on Fig. 299. It is in the form of an animal with
a twisted horn, but its handle and other parts are imperfect. It is
covered with a green glaze, and was, there cannot be the shadow of a
doubt, made at Scarborough, where, as I shall show, the remains of a
potter’s kiln was found in 1854, but has not, as yet, been named in any
work on pottery.
A jug, which would almost appear to have been the origin of the
bellarmine, to be hereafter described, was communicated by Mr. Kirwan
to the _Journal of the British Archæological Association_,[35]
where it is engraved. It is covered with green glaze, and bears a
well and powerfully moulded head, with the flowing hair and beard so
characteristic of the time of Edward I., II., and III. To this period
some clay moulds for the forming of faces upon mediæval pottery, found
at Lincoln by Mr. Arthur Trollope, may be assigned; they are engraved
by Marryatt,[36] and will be referred to later on in this volume. It
will be seen, too, on comparison of this jug with the fragments of
Norman pottery on another page, that it is the same kind of general
idea, somewhat amplified, but carried out in the taste of the day.
[Illustration: Fig. 303.]
[Illustration: Fig. 304.]
[Illustration: Fig. 305.]
The costrils, or pilgrims’ bottles as they are commonly called,
_i.e._, bottles for liquor to be carried and hung on the person,
were much made in the Middle Ages, and although usually plain, were,
nevertheless, sometimes rather highly decorated. Fig. 300 is the
shape mostly known as a pilgrim’s bottle, and will be seen to vary
but little from the flattened globular amphora of Roman times (Fig.
303). Sometimes they had four loops instead of handles, so that the
strap could pass through the four loops and make the carrying safer.
To this class a remarkably fine example in the Roach Smith collection
in the British Museum belongs. On one side are the royal arms of
Henry VIII. within a rose and garter, and with supporters and crown,
with the legend DNE SALVVM FAC REGEM REGINAM ET REGNVM (God
keep safe the King, Queen, and kingdom): on the other side are four
medallions: one contains the sacred monogram, I.H.S.; two others have
radiating patterns, and the fourth a heart, with loveknot of flowers
and the word LEAL. Fig. 303 shows another example, somewhat
of the form of Figs. 300 and 302; but in this case it is globular,
or gourd-shaped, and not flattened on the sides, and the handles for
the loops are simply flat pieces of clay pierced for suspension. This
interesting example, which is of Tickenhall make, belongs to Sir J.
H. Crewe, Bart., and is mottled with green all over its surface.
Another excellent form of mediæval “pilgrim’s bottle” was found at
Collingbourne Ducis by the Rev. W. C. Lukis, F.S.A. It is of barrel
shape, and has handles and mouth at the top, and, at the bottom, a
stand.
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