Storage jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
terracotta
Measurements
890 mm (Height); 770 mm (Diameter)
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Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex
NT 200006
Summary
Large terracotta storage jar, with applied pottery 'seal' incorporating cross and IHS monogram (reversed) plus surrounding scraffito decoration. Base damaged, also hole in side.
Provenance
Purchased by Sir Robert and Lady Mary Witt for the garden at Alfriston Clergy House. Willed on the death of Sir Robert Witt with the tenancy of the Clergy House to Miss Thyra Creyke-Clark and given to the National Trust on her death in 1974.
Marks and inscriptions
Monogram reversed on side: IHS