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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Pottery Dug Up in Garden

« on: April 02, 2014, 10:53:04 am »

The hole at the bottom is just there because the bottom ortion is broken off.
The measurements are correct. It is very small, it fits comfortably in the palm of my hand. To get a visual idea, the photo 3 is about the size of an hens egg

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Pottery Dug Up in Garden

« on: April 02, 2014, 04:41:51 am »

What is that in inches ?? There were two basic sizes for lamps !! A large one for a parlor and a smaller size for bedroom !! Look at the bottom back and see if there is a hole for the wiring !!

Sorry didnt check that this was a US based forum. Yes cogars conversions are correct.
There is no hole for the wire as can be seen on the photos. The wire hole may have been on the missing bottom section

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Pottery Dug Up in Garden

« on: April 01, 2014, 12:44:58 pm »

Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes it certainly looks like that. It never ccured to me to be a lamp base as it is very small
The height is 90mm, the widthe 80mm and the depth about 50mm.

Yes its suprising how much pottery there is in the garden. It seems everyone who lived there must have been throwing the stuff in the garden each time they broke something.

Something I found today, what looks like a fairly modern plate with a logo that I have been googling but with no luck. only thing thats close is Indian Oil company, but that doent sound right

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Antique Questions Forum / Pottery Dug Up in Garden

« on: April 01, 2014, 05:20:16 am »

Hello
I have recently been doing some ground work in the  back garden and have been unearthing lots of broken pottery. Most of it looks like broken plates. But a couple of items were more unusual and I couldnt identify what they would have been used for. One I have attached pictures of in the hope that someone can tell me what it is and maybe a date for it.

As can be see from the pics it is a piece from something larger.
There is no marks on it.
The picture on it looks like a print rather than painted on.
The house whos garden it was found in is a stone terraced house in Wales and could be near 200 yrs old so at what time it was discarded there I cant estimate.

Thank you for your time