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Drawings Medieval jug from London

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.1

Artist/Designer/Maker

Kempe, Alfred John - Attributed To

Production date

1831
1832

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 154mm
Width: 97mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

was probably a Roman Measure for liquids. I found similar vessels in height 7 inches ¾, 6 inches ¾ and 5 inches.

References

Reference (free text)

Alfred John Kempe, 'An Account of Various Roman Antiquities Discovered on the Site of the Church of St Michael, Crooked Lane, and in Eastcheap, in Forming the Northern Approaches of the New London Bridge', Archaeologia 24 (1832): 190-202. Illustration, fig. 7, pl. XLIV, between pp. 202 and 203.