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2000 years of pottery forms and shapes Modern AD 1720 -

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Common name Rhenish stoneware, Westerwald type Class Nieder Selters mineral water container Height 235mm Identifier PW259 Production centre in the Westerwald district, north Rhineland, Germany Distribution throughout Europe to America, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Jakarta Use for transport and sale of mineral water Date Mid 19th century AD Publication for general background, J G Hurst in P David Sweetman, 1981, C, Number 10, 262-266 Presented by St John's College, Oxford

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