A selection of ceramics through the ages (5 second delay) Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology The Collections:
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@ the Ashmolean Museum		 • Early Europe & Near East
• Classical to Medieval
• Europe from 1500
• Oriental & Islamic
2000 years of pottery forms and shapes
Modern AD 1720 -

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  • Common name Mason's `Stone China'
  • Class Toothbrush and nail brush box
  • Height 69mm
  • Identifier PW51b
  • Production centre Lane Delph, north Staffordshire
  • Distribution throughout England and to America
  • Use as a nail and tooth brush container c. 1820s AD
  • Date predates 1866 AD, the demolition of the inn
  • Detail printed brown crown `Real Stone China'
  • Published in Mellor 1997b, Fig 67, 56
  • Historic context Old Angel Inn, a coaching inn on the High Street, Oxford
  • Collector Percy Manning
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