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
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Maker
W A Gray and Sons (estab. 1856, closed 1930), C & E Morton (estab. 1850)
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Date made
Pre 1909
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Subject
SS MAORI, Shipwreck, Accidents, Objects, Food Storage Jar
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Additional information
Ceramic: 0 - Whole, 3D objects (HxWxD): H 160 x W 125 x D 125mm: 0 - Whole
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Rights
Unknown
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Corner Quay & Hobson Streets Viaduct Harbour Auckland
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