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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sdcookie2, post: 4559279, member: 11767&quot;]Here is what I got back from Patricia Samford</p><p><br /></p><p>Hello Steven:</p><p><br /></p><p>What a great find!&nbsp; Thank you for sharing.&nbsp; Your Dutch-shape jug dates to 1829 or a decade or two later.&nbsp; The use of the chrome colors in the flowers (the specific reds and greens, plus the black stems on the flowers) provide that date, since 1829 was the first year that those colors could be fired under the glaze.&nbsp; I decided to poke around in Ancestry with the names and was able to hone the date down further.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Binning (note the misspelling of the names in various places on your jug!) was listed on the 1851 Scotland census in Fife.&nbsp; He was 61 at the time the census was taken and was married to Janet Binning (age 50) and living in their household in 1851 were Caroline Massey (age 29), Janet Massey&nbsp; (age 27), Marjory Binning (age 16).&nbsp; Janet had been married to Robert Massey prior to her marriage to Binning and their children in the 1841 census included William (age 19), Robert (17), George (15), James (12) and Alexander (9).&nbsp; Peter Binning appears to have been born around 1840.</p><p><br /></p><p>The presence of Marjory on the jug (born in 1835) and Peter (born c. 1840) means that the manufacture of the jug dates after 1840. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure how they or the jug got to the United States.&nbsp; But the repair job on the handle suggests that it was a prized possession that they did not want to discard when the handle was broken.&nbsp; It is possible that this jug commemorates moving to a new house, or perhaps some sort of anniversary?&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure, but it is a really great purchase!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tricia</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ItMlt7YSUWQL1txRLwxmB8_buQeO-8v4RDEfFkmQXE8Ne1V-ThTJCMdr5zgLnKTLjK-VNpLrzPtX4cr-5v08s-bpwlHvpqPNinqxyV7lVP4qaclxVBrvcS7eGGDrHQ8F2X_7OfJdWH3m0r4qfBGDR2dWX-DqMJ8d7wTEa9QqltBtxO7Vt50TyeNGYyAoxw=s0-d-e1-ft#https://123837728-683023982661078970.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/1/2/3/8/123837728/mdp-jppm-address-block-image_orig.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Patricia Samford</p><p>Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab</p><p>Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum</p><p>10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, Maryland 20685</p><p>240-925-2748</p><p><b><a href="mailto:patricia.samford@maryland.gov">patricia.samford@maryland.gov</a></b></p><p><a href="https://jefpat.maryland.gov/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jefpat.maryland.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://jefpat.maryland.gov/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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