Description:
English pearlware jug with an impressed mark on the base: "WOOD & CALDWELL" of the firm, Enoch Wood and James Caldwell, Fountain Place, Burslem, Staffordshire; The bellied jug is covered with a layer of blue slip decoration on the exterior; and is decorated with sprigged reliefs in white: The collar has a running vine and leaf motif and the belly has draped figures of children playing games The jug has a tapering rim, flaring pouring lip, and attached 7-shape handle. The Spode shape book, c. 1815, refers to this form as "Low Mugs dipt for Embossed Figures."
Label Text:
W&C -- the company also operated a retail store in Boston in the early 19th century -- is this true?
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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