Broken plate

Broken plate

Plate with transfer-printed pattern in lilac/purple, showing birds and flora.
Assorted glass and ceramic waste 1870s

Assorted glass and ceramic waste 1870s

Bottle glass, blue and white transfer-printed serving dishes, drinking glasses (fragmentary), broken ‘Hamilton’ bottles (bottom right corner), cut glass tumblers (above the ‘Hamiltons’), and a medicine bottle above them. All discarded at...
Lion Tureen Lid Knob

Lion Tureen Lid Knob

Knob/ handle from the top of a tureen lid, in the shape of a lion (poorly cast). From ash and domestic refuse of the 1890s.
Pie Dish

Pie Dish

Blue Willow Pattern Pie Dish, from the School House. Base has crazing, consistent with contact with hot surfaces.
Crockery

Crockery

Assorted crockery from labourers’ rubbish, Kent. Mocha ware to the left, transfer-printed ware to the right (mostly in blue ‘Willow Pattern’). This type of crockery was cheaply manufactured and used universally. There is no hand-painted ware, which...
Crockery

Crockery

Assorted crockery from the rectory at Hempstead, including pottery and porcelain, some hand-painted, some transfer-printed, from the kitchen, dining room, bathroom and bedroom.