by Tom Licence | Jun 23, 2019
White ceramic, transfer-printed pot, made by Maling of Newcastle, for Keiller and Sons’ Dundee Marmalade – a very popular brand at the time.
by Tom Licence | Aug 18, 2018
Clear glass jam jar embossed with a shield-shaped border which contains the remnants of a label. Glass jam jars are uncommon at so early a date. The vast majority of jam and marmalade jars in the late 1890s were ceramic, and ceramic jars continued to be common for...
by Tom Licence | Aug 18, 2018
White ceramic pot for potted meat, left. Ribbed ceramic jar for jam or marmalade, right.
by Tom Licence | Jun 9, 2018
Green glass bottle with remnants of label. The following words can be made out: ‘Pink’s Pickle/ manufactory/ Long Lane/ Bermondsey’. At the top, ‘September’. E. & T. Pink are recorded at this address in the late 19th century. An...
by Tom Licence | Mar 3, 2016
Jars for Keiller’s Dundee Marmalade and John Moir’s Red Currant Jam. Found amid unscavenged domestic waste, 1890s.
by Tom Licence | Jan 31, 2015
Small ceramic jam or marmalade pot, with ribbing, made by Maling of Newcastle. It is still partly covered with barnacles and mud. Discarded in London and dumped on the Essex marshes.
by Tom Licence | Jan 25, 2015
Heavy stoneware jar/ bottle for jam or preserves, or possibly for paint or polish.
by Tom Licence | Dec 28, 2014
Generic Army & Navy Co-operative Society preserves pot, for jam, marmalade etc (as specified on the label, which varied depending on the contents).
by Tom Licence | Dec 22, 2014
Pot for jam, marmalade or soup. From the School House, Bergh Apton. Some of these pots have a transfer-printed label, but there is no evidence that this one did. It would have had a paper label instead.
