89/941 Jar, stoneware, Koster's Premier Pottery, South Australia, 1888-1900

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89/941 Jar, stoneware, Koster's Premier Pottery, South Australia, 1888-1900

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Jar, stoneware, Koster's Premier Pottery, South Australia, 1888-1900

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Description

Jar, stoneware, Koster's Premier Pottery, South Australia, 1888-1900
Large storage jar, with cover, stoneware, wheel-thrown, four gallons capacity, the tall cylindrical container with a flat base, straight sides and a narrow angled shoulder which tapers to a short everted neck with thick lipped rim, a pair of horseshoe-shaped lug handles set below the shoulder, the wide mouth with a narrow ledge within to support the recessed cover (-2) of low circular form with flattened knop with concave top set in a central indentation ; the jar exterior lead glazed with a two-tone Bristol glaze, the interior is clear glazed (and coated with a flaky white powder residue) and the underside is unglazed, the cover exterior golden Bristol glazed and the flat cover underside is unglazed.

Made: Koster's Premier Pottery; North Norwood, South Australia; 1888 - 1900

Marks

Makers "PREMIER POTTERY" mark and capacity mark "4 GALS" impressed on the shoulder, capacity mark "4 GALL" impressed on the cover.

Registration number

89/941

Production date

1888 - 1900

Height

408 mm

Width

300 mm

Depth

280 mm

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Acquisition credit line

Gift of Dr Robert J. Lyons, 1989

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