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Jug (Puzzle jug)
1775
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Donyatt; Somerset; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1960.0620
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0620
Object Name
Jug (Puzzle jug)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Donyatt; Somerset; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On neck and shoulder
Inscription: Incised through slip "1775/SW" and (script) "this and the/ gever is thine/ for ever"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Drinking games or tricks
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Sgraffito
- Pierced
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
8.543 (H) x 7.126 (L) x 5.906 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21.7 (H) x 18.1 (L) x 15 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length includes handle.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 03//2012 Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. County Lines Magazine. XXXV (7): 38-43.
• Published: p. 42Chapter: Grigsby, Leslie B. English Slipware in Colonial America. Book: Dunsmore, Amanda. 2011 This Blessed Pot, This Earth: English Pottery Studies in Honour of Jonathan Horne. 150-158.
• Published: p. 153, fig. 2.Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 11//2004 "From Punch Bowls to Puzzle Jugs: Drinking Vessels and Traditions in Britain and America". Winterthur Magazine. Winter 2004: 10-11.
• Published: p. 11Book: Coleman-Smith, R. & Pearson, T. 1988 Excavations in the Donyatt Potteries.
• Published: pp. 291, fig. 151, no. 26/9 & p. 289. (See Associations)Book: Coleman-Smith, R. & Pearson, T. 1988 Excavations in the Donyatt Potteries.
• Other sgraffito puzzle jugs from Donyatt, Somerset: pp. 289-305, 18th & 19th centuries. (See Notes)Book: Barker, David & Crompton, Steve. Slipware in the Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
• Other sgraffito puzzle jugs from Donyatt, Somerset:p. 76, resembling Winterthur's in shape, dated 1777; p. 77, dated 1798"; p. 78, dated 1816. All "When this you see..." rhymes.Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Evidence for "puzzle jug" as period term: vol. 1, no. S91, trailed and sgraffito slipware jug inscribed "The Reveren\D / RicharD:Nelson / GrasDaLe / 1774" and "A / PuslinG / Jug" Probably Yorkshire.Article: Crossley, Robert. 1993 "Circulatory Systerms of Puzzle Jugs". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 15 (Pt. 1): 73-98.
• Detailed discussion of puzzle jugs of many types and materialsArticle: Coleman-Smith, R., et al. 2005 "Donyatt-type pottery in 17th- and 18th-century Virginia and Maryland". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 39 (2): 294-310.
• Article on Donyatt wares excavated in AmericaManuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Donyatt ware (then thought North Devon) excavated at Strawbery Banke: p. 100, no. 173, bowl with bird and leaves (Deer Tavern well, 1690-1720); p. 101, no. 177, bowl with bird (Deer Tavern pit, 1715-35)Book: 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
• French (Saint-Verain and Rouen) puzzle jugs: p. 190, nos. 973, 975; the Rouen example being tin-glazed and dated 1733.