Whiskey jar

Collection object


1989.0260
Diameter of base 14.6, height 25.7
Ceramic whiskey jar, stoneware. 1/2 gall. Black transfer above shoulder reads "The Southern Mineral Water Works Kilmallock", a second to one side of the handle reads "1/2" and a third on the other side reads "263". Flat bottomed, vertical sided, with a marked 45 degree kick at the shoulder; short neck, with ring at body end and wide flat cylindrical rim. Strap handle attached at shoulder and below neck rises above the rim. Clear glaze on lower part of the body, speckled brown above the shoulder. Maker's stamp under the glaze to one side of the handle reads "Price Bristol" around the letter O, set in an oval frame. Slight chip in the glaze at one point between 3 and 5 above the base.


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