from Leigh Hook, near Strathaven, Lanarkshire
![Postcard of Jug.](/database/media.php?file=postcard/image/0098/00981060.jpg&PHPSESSID=2h68gc1hlko3lm51s2iq9olu15) 000-100-104-439-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Jug
This earthenware jug is from Leigh Hook, near Strathaven in Lanarkshire. It dates from between the 14th and 16th century.
The green glazed jug has a disc base but the handle is now missing.
Strathaven (pronounced 'Straiven') was an important weaving centre in the 19th century. Today, there is a fine collection of pottery and porcelain in the John Hastie Museum in the town.
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000-100-104-439-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland H.1992.174 |
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14th - 16th century Between the 14th and 16th century
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Earthenware; glaze, green; globular; disc base
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100 mm H
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Scotland, Lanarkshire, Strathaven, Leigh Hook
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Small globular medieval earthenware jug, with disc base and green glaze but no handle, from Leigh Hook, near Strathaven, Lanarkshire, 14th - 16th century
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- Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, p 915.
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