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Stoneware jar: Stilton cheese jar with lid

Stoneware jar: Stilton cheese jar with lid

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Ceramic cheese jar with lid. Cream coloured glaze with words 'STILTON / C & E MORTON, / LONDON' in black lettering. Brown upper glaze with fine beaded detailing below rim. Large chip out of rim. Stamped on lower rear: GRAY / A / PORTOBELLO / A.B. in an oval ring. One of a collection of domestic items salvaged in the 1970s from the SS MAORI which ship wrecked in 1909 off the coast of Cape Town, ...

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  • Title

    Stoneware jar: Stilton cheese jar with lid

  • Maker

    W A Gray and Sons (estab. 1856, closed 1930), C & E Morton (estab. 1850)

  • Date made

    Pre 1909

  • Subject

    SS MAORI, Shipwreck, Accidents, Objects, Food Storage Jar

  • Additional information

    Ceramic: 0 - Whole, 3D objects (HxWxD): H 160 x W 125 x D 125mm: 0 - Whole

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New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa

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