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Jug - Pottery, Cream, circa 1900
Reg. No: SH 850366
- Summary:
- Pottery jug used in the kitchen or dining room of a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
- Description:
- Large, cream, thick pottery jug used for serving milk or water. Has a slightly protruding round base with ridge above it, straight sides, sloping slightly inward toward the top, pointed pouring lip and broad, concave ridge around the rim. Has half heart-shape, loop-style handle with crude scroll at top.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 20.00 cm (Height), 18.00 cm (Width), 23.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | crockery, diet nutrition, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Institutions of the Past, Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | food & drink consumption |
| Inscriptions: | Printed on base: VG |
| Date Used: | Victoria, Australia, circa 1900 |
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