Featured It's raining jugs!

LOL I *think* they meant that "jugs" is used for *ears* - not boobies.
As in looking like jug handles.

 

OH! MY mistake.

 

I found a picture of Cottage Girl, if anyone wants to see the original handle. I can see how it might get broken off. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/40033644_four-various-british-blue-and-printed-pottery-jugs

 

Thanks for the chuckles on a dark morning!

Rhiwfield - Congrats on the haul! One question - I see that one has a label citing a collection with a location in Pennsylvania. Is that correct? Very interesting that it made its way across the pond twice intact!

 

That's right, though we often see ceramics that have been made in UK and retailed in the US, it is less often that we Brits get to buy back from a US collector. We were lucky (or spendthrift) enough to buy most of the pitchers at the sale, which had come from a single collector but there was some fierce bidding. We think that this was probably an estate disposal, cant see an avid collector parting with some of these willingly.

 

Unfortunately we cant afford these South Wales ceramics which may well have come from the same home
https://www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/the-welsh-sale/123/2015-09-05

 

My grandmother had a small collection of cream pitchers. Much as I loved her "stuff," it never occurred to me that I had inherited the gene. However, courtesy of this thread, I counted mine.

Oh dear.

Of the ones I remember -- without going to look -- there are more than twenty creamers, plus milk jugs, plus water pitchers, juice pitchers, and four GIANT pitchers.

Then there are syrup jugs, wine jugs, a martini pitcher...

 

And there are seven more upstairs...

Oy!

 

And the BIG one in the garage.

 

I *used to* collect them - then I acquired cats.

 

You have that entirely backwards.

 

This jug marked the coronation in 1902 of Edward VII and his Queen, Alexandra. It stood 6 ¾” to the high point on the spout. Not particularly hard to come by but… by jingo!… it was colorful and spoke to Empire. Sold on eBay.






This mid century studio jug was made by Ray Marshall. It was a disappointment on eBay and waltzed outta here for bupkis (went to England). 9 ¼” tall. Ray Marshall was born in Canada in 1913 and posted to England during WWII. After the war he remained in England to study ceramics at the Guildford School of Art and later the Royal Academy of Art. He was instrumental in establishing the Milland Pottery in 1948, and left that in 1957 to continue independently in Stedham. He passed away in 1986. He is represented in many collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum.






This Choiserie pitcher had bad damage, but it sold on eBay (not for much – it went to Australia). It stood 4 ¼” tall, and was about 5”across at the shoulder, transfer printed and hand colored. My guess on the date was early 19th century. I halfway wish I’d hung onto it, but it was badly damaged.






I think this is probably late Georgian or the early Victorian period – 1820s/50s. Red transfer with a variety of hand painted colors. It stands about 5 ½” tall. The pattern name is Lara but the manufacturer portion of the mark was trimmed away. I listed this on eBay, but there was no interest, so I’ll be happy to keep it.

 

WOW!!!

 

The Chinoiserie pitcher is attributed to Bill Simpson & Co Mongol hunstman pattern 1825-30 in this pdf https://www.transcollectorsclub.org...0s_filled-in_transfers_report_v4_new_logo.pdf

 

Now I have to wipe all the drool off of my keyboard. sigh . . .

 

Ha!!!!!

 

Prior owner had been kind enough to identify several of the jugs, though about half are unidentified. Here's one of many that we haven't researched.

 

That pewter lidded one is nice: kingfisher, bullrushes and auriculas, plus forget me nots.