Jug (base)

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This base of a medieval earthenware jug was trawled up between Tumpan Head and Chicken Head near Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis by the trawler, 'Misty Isle'.

The cylindrical ribbed vessel has decorative horizontal grooves and a pie-crust base. Although it is very worn, there are traces of lead glazing.

At the end of the 19th century, Stornoway was the centre of one of the largest Scottish fishery districts covering the whole of the Outer Hebrides. In 1893 the district contained over one thousand fishing boats of various class, employing over 4500 men and boys.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-443-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1992.210
• Date: Medieval
  
• Material: Earthenware, grey; traces of lead glaze; abraded
  Jug / base
  
• Dimensions: 60 mm H x 80 mm D
  
• What: Jug / base
  
• Subject:
• Who: Misty Isle
  
• Where: Scotland, Harris, Chicken Head / Tumpan Head (Trawled offshore)
  
• Event:
• Description: Base of medieval earthenware jug of reduced grey fabric with traces of lead glaze, trawled up between Tumpan Head and Chicken Head, near Stornoway, by the trawler `Misty Isle'
  
• References:
  • Groome, Francis. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. London: William Mackenzie, around 1900, p 402. 
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