Puzzle Jug
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
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Puzzle jug, tin-glazed earthenware, with buff body colour and bluish white glaze. The body is inscribed 'Here Gentleman come try your skill/ I'll hold a wager if you will/ That you dont drink this Liquor all/ Without you/ spill or let some fall'. The outer side of the handle and the mouth has alternating stripes and ovals. The lower part of the handle is flanked by flower sprays in yellow, green and manganese-purple. All the rest of the decoration is in blue. A round hollow handle with hole in underside near the top connects with the interior of the jug. Three nozzles project from a hollow tube around the mouth. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Puzzle jug, tin-glazed earthenware, painted, Liverpool, ca. 1765-1770. |
| Physical description | Puzzle jug, tin-glazed earthenware, with buff body colour and bluish white glaze. The body is inscribed 'Here Gentleman come try your skill/ I'll hold a wager if you will/ That you dont drink this Liquor all/ Without you/ spill or let some fall'. The outer side of the handle and the mouth has alternating stripes and ovals. The lower part of the handle is flanked by flower sprays in yellow, green and manganese-purple. All the rest of the decoration is in blue. A round hollow handle with hole in underside near the top connects with the interior of the jug. Three nozzles project from a hollow tube around the mouth. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Here Gentleman cometry your skill/ I'll hold a wager if you will/ That you don't drink this liquor all/ Without your spill...' (Decoration; Incorporated into decoration on the body of the jug.; painted) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Greg |
| Object history | Given by Mrs M.H. Greg, Kensington, 1928. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | D6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.20-1928 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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