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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 209174, member: 924&quot;]OK, the reveal feels a bit superfluous after wenna&#039;s posts but the answer is of course, the Ridgway &amp; Abington Hanley stoneware anti-slavery jug. This was a design January 1st 1858 (not 1873 as per Kovells), you can see the date on the underside.</p><p><br /></p><p>That date is important, as the jug was pre American Civil War, and public opinion in Britain would be influenced by the scene of fleeing Eliza and baby pursued by the whip brandishing overseer, the slave auction with the rostrum notice &quot;By auction this day a prime lot of healthy negroes&quot; and the handle formed by a praying slave.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the photos of the real thing:</p><p><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/095_zpsdckmdmqu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/096_zpsinqlwy5l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/098_zpsnrelgssa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/rhiwfield/097_zpsvcknzvoe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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