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‘Witch bottle’, Margate, 19th century

This ceramic jug was found in a house in Margate, buried upside down below the cobble floor. It appeared to be deliberately dug into the chalk substrate, and was placed beside a former fireplace. The pottery has been provisionally dated to between 1790 - 1810 AD with the house being built by at least 1850 if not earlier.

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