sherd
Production date
Circa 1854-1863
Description
1 body sherd in brown Australia pattern.
1 body sherd in blue transfer.
Object detail
At the same time as the REA 3rd MG crockery was in use, the fee-paying patients were using pottery mainly manufactured by J & MP Bell of the Glasgow Pottery, Glasgow. Bells operated from 1842 until 1881 as J & MPB & Co [Kelly, 1999, 105] and these initials are marked on some of the pottery recovered from the site. The Bells pottery in use at the REA included 'Willow' patterned dinnerware, and 'Broseley' and 'Egyptian Vase' patterned tea or breakfast ware.
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