by Tom Licence | May 16, 2016
Fragment of a nineteenth-century slab-sealed flagon impressed with the name ‘B. Bowlen, Horseshoes Inn, Roydon’ (Norfolk). This was over fifty years old when it was discarded, apparently already broken, although other flagons were thrown away intact. The...
by Tom Licence | Mar 28, 2015
Half gallon (2 quart) flagon, in the bottom of the trench. The handle is missing, and the flagon is cracked but usable. These flagons were kept for home-made wine, beer and cider.
by Tom Licence | Mar 28, 2015
Stoneware half gallon (2 quart) flagon, incised ‘R. Miller & Son, Ipswich’, made by Doulton of Lambeth before 1898. Discarded in a clear-out following the death of Mary Everett in 1908. These were filled with cider or beer and taken into the fields by...
