Salt-glazed terracotta jar with flanged rim on opening. Two toned brown colouring.S.S written in black marker on base. No 1 27 1/2 engraved on base.domestic items, food storage and preservation, jar, terracotta, two-toned, domestic.

Salt-glazed terracotta jar with flanged rim on opening. Two toned brown colouring.QT imprinted on shoulder.domestic items, food storage and preservation, jar, terracotta, two-toned, domestic.

Salt-glazed terracotta jar with flanged rim on opening. Two toned brown colouring with two handles on lighter coloured area.S.S written in black marker on base.domestic items, food storage and preservation, jar, terracotta, two-toned, domestic.

Terracotta drinking vessel with cork stopper, entirely surrounded by wickerwork. One handle.No visible markingsdomestic items, food and drink consumption, vessel, drink, wickerwork, terracotta jar

Salt-glazed terracotta jar. Two-toned glazing with flanged rim. Decorative circumferential line around shoulder.S.S.' written on base.domestic items, food storage and preparation, jar, container, glazed

Salt-glazed terracotta jar with flanged rim. Two-toned brown glaze, with darker tone covering the upper third of the jar to the shoudler.3P imprinted on shoulder of jar.domestic items, food storage & preservations, container, jar, two-toned, storage, terracotta.

Light brown jar with four circular strips. Three stripes are around the body of the jar and one around the flanged rim of the opening.S.S written in black marker on base.domestic items, food storage and preservation, jar, terracotta, brown stripes, domestic.

The Ovens pottery operated from 1881 to1892 they had taken over H L & E pottery at Beechworth in 1888 but mounting debts forced the Ovens company to close in 1892. During their short ten years of operation they produced stoneware garden urns, vases, cheese dishes, ginger beer bottles, butter coolers, water filters, wine and spirit barrels, bread plates, jugs, teapots, storage jars, pots, tiles, flower pots, spittoons, basins, bowls, demijohns, lidded crocks, pipes and bricks.A significant item made by an early Australian pottery in Beechworth Victoria, this company made many utilitarian items for the Victorian domestic market. It gives us today a snapshot into early Australian companies that were unable to sustain manufacturing their products into the 20th century, due in part to the rising imports of cheaper items from overseas.Red terracotta butter cooler comprising, round base with ridged lip, and bell shaped, domed lid with spherical handle on topMarked "Ovens Pottery, Co Ltd, Patd 1890, Beechworth" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, cooler, terracotta cooler, utensil, kitchen ware, terracotta, food container, food preservation, butter cooler, ovens pottery