gallipot

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Method.—Beat the eggs and soup together and strain them into a greased gallipot.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary

He pretended to peer into another gallipot and then took off his spectacles to wipe them.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

When any thing, as a gallipot, &c. is to be supported at a considerable height within a jar, it is convenient to have such wire stands as are represented fig.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph

Pour some into small boxes for present use, and the remainder into a gallipot tied down with a bladder.—Another.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

There was an old gallipot or two, and there was a broken bottle or so, and there were some broken boxes for seats. 

From The Uncommercial Traveller by Dickens, Charles