Tudor Earthenware Costrel

iBase ID

3245

Title

Tudor Earthenware Costrel

Short Title

Tudor Earthenware Costrel

Collection

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

Sub collection

Museum of St Albans artefacts

Description

Part of a Tudor earthenware costrel, from Chequer Street excavations, 1981. These have handles for suspension and are plano-convex in shape, so will lie flat. They were bottles for liquid such as ale. These would have been common among the poorer classes.

Type of Original

digital photograph

Original Photographer or Artist

St Albans Museums photographer

Period of Original

Tudor (1485 - 1603)

Neg No.

PX3155

High Resolution CD No

CD425

Scanned From

4)digital camera

Neg Format

Digital Camera

Museum Photographer

Kate Warren

Original Location

1) Photo Studio

1)© St Albans Museums

Location in Image

[not applicable].

Available For

Un-restricted use

Original File Details

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File Name

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File Type

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File Extension

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Size

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Height (pixels)

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Width (pixels)

1536 px

Views

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Subjects

Archaeology > General > Archaeology

Archaeology > General > Post-medieval archaeology

Education Resources > Key stage 2 - Tudors

Materials > Ceramic

Object Names > Bottle

Object Names > Photograph

Object Names > Vessel