Somerset, UK - Glastonbury Reclamation has a Victorian stoneware pot complete with diamond registered design mark which it would like to know more about. The design of the pot dates to 5 August 1873 with the registered design number of 274805.

In December James Dash requested help in the Somerset Gazette:
'It is a hollow object, with no lid, and it has kept James Dash's customers guessing for some time now. "It has been suggested that it could be a Victorian rhubarb forcer, but I think it's a bit too decorative for that, or a cover for a pipe - perhaps over a furnace - but the inside is very clean, and unless someone's scrubbed it, it's never had a naked flame inside it," he said. Other suggestions have included lanterns and an ornamental beehive or bird box, as well as decoration for a water fountain. As well as a series of holes around the base, 'lid' and rim of the item, there is also a small semi-circle carved out of the clay at the base of the item. "We think the serial number might relate to a catalogue of some description," Mr Dash said. "Perhaps someone out there might have a copy of a Victorian Catalogue and they can tell us what it means."'

To solve the mystery Salvo has requested a copy of the original 1873 registered design application from the Public Record Office at Kew and will let readers know when we hear back from them. Meanwhile, anyone wishing to make suggestions please go ahead using the comments system below.

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Glastonbury Reclamation

Somerset Gazette: Unusual object has yard owner puzzled

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