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Description	Posset, made from hot milk curdled with ale or wine, and sometimes thickened with breadcrumbs, was drunk as a popular remedy for colds. Spices could also be added to the mixture. This pot, which was used to store posset, is made from tin-glazed earthenware. The pot is decorated with three rows of raised bumps formed by a technique known as repoussé, where the clay is hammered from the inside. This pot has the numbers 16 and 61 either side of the spout which almost certainly indicate when the pot was made. maker: Unknown maker Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom Wellcome Images Keywords: posset pot; feeding; Nursing
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Short title	L0057146 Posset pot, London, England, probably 1661
Author	Wellcome Library, London
Headline	L0057146 Posset pot, London, England, probably 1661
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Image title	L0057146 Posset pot, London, England, probably 1661 Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Posset, made from hot milk curdled with ale or wine, and sometimes thickened with breadcrumbs, was drunk as a popular remedy for colds. Spices could also be added to the mixture. This pot, which was used to store posset, is made from tin-glazed earthenware. The pot is decorated with three rows of raised bumps formed by a technique known as repoussé, where the clay is hammered from the inside. This pot has the numbers “16” and “61” either side of the spout which almost certainly indicate when the pot was made. maker: Unknown maker Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom made: 1650-1700 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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