Object number
2018/12/1-2
Description
This earthenware vessel with a small projecting bowl is a water trough for chickens. The vessel is glazed white with a light brown glaze at the top. The top is a screw lid. There is a '1' impressed in the back of the vessel. The trough is part of the Poultry Club of Great Britain Collection (archive ref. DX2159).
Physical description
1 vessel: earthenware, glaze
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note - Lakeside Pottery website demonstrates the making of a chicken/poultry ceramic waterer. http://www.lakesidepottery.com/Pages/Pottery-tips/Making-chicken-poultry-waterer-tutorial-lesson.htm [accessed 2018-02-15]
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Dimensions
- Height 250 mm
- Depth 135 mm
- Width 110 mm
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