Saturday, 10 January 2015

Mystery Object.

Another one in a very occasional series- anyone care to hazard a guess?


I shall update later tomorrow!

Arilx

This is an English acoustic pot dating from 1200-1500. Some churches had small openings in their walls where these were placed to improve the acoustics for the singing.

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2 comments:

  1. Eileen T10 January 2015 at 13:34

    I don't recognise this at all so my best guess is either a cooking pot or a burial pot,

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  2. Eileen T12 January 2015 at 15:17

    I was way off! That's fascinating, I've never heard of these before. Thanks.

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