Featured Unknown Jug

Hi everyone,

Going through family stuff and this jug has been passed down through the generations. Any idea of information or where to start. Only identifier seems to be a painted gold "D" on base of jug. It has been over 100 years in family and is in Ireland. Along the rim of the jug there are two points where it seems to have a metal weld or insert as per picture.

Any help would be greatly appreciated to help solve this mystery!

Many thanks,

DaveDoc

 

Welcome!
I've no idea but stand by for others to help.

 

Just looking at pictures, before reading your post.
English
1840ish.
Staffordshire

Adding:
Metal staples were an old way of doing pottery repair.
Can you see any cracks?

Wait for other opinions.

 

I really really really like it. As cluttered said - staple repairs meant it was important to someone a long time ago. However, I'd like a closeup of those metal rivets. I don't think they're repairs. I wonder if they had a wire bail handle

 

That's what it looks like to me, too.

The pics are so dark, I tried to lighten them up a bit.
If DaveDoc could get some pictures in better light, we could tell if the decoration is copper luster or gold, too.

Is the clay really as reddish/orange as it looks in the picture?

 

I'm guessing gold on the leaves and it appears to be gold detailing on the center stripe.

 

I agaree

 

Jugs often had a pewter lid and the two welds/inserts look like fixing points for the lid with the pewter inserts still present.

I'd go later on date, mid Victorian

 

I'll defer to rhiwfield's dating.

 

Hi everyone, thank you for the really interesting discussion. I will post clearer pictures in the AM...and apologies for not showing images within the post - I thought it might have been against forum policy! Until then, Dave

 

Try googling images for "Jackfield ware pottery" It tends to be a generic term for the Victorian black pottery. It became very popular after Prince Albert died and Queen Victoria went into mourning for years.

 

Oh yes, that's it! Glad you popped in popsycat! And, you can find some with the original pewter lids with that search, too.....