{"id":11755,"date":"2019-03-24T12:28:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T16:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=11755"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:31:36","slug":"sir-william-nicholson-still-life-painting-with-broken-jug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=11755","title":{"rendered":"Sir William Nicholson still life painting with broken jug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odd, but I keep coming across the same pottery jug, each with a different replacement handle. It&#8217;s just one of those things. There must have been a design flaw in the manufacturing of the handles, rendering them too delicate to support the jugs once they were filled with liquid. I feel bad for the unsuspecting original owners, but am selfishly glad that there are so many examples out there with inventively repaired replacement handles.<\/p>\n<p>This jug was made in England, circa 1850, and stands 6.5 inches high. It is decorated with pink lustre and polychrome enamels and has a stag and spotted hound in relief, along with\u00a0an impressed mark EPSOM CUP, on one side, and a pair of stags on the reverse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15359\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15359\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1159.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1159.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1159-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1159-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15360\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15360\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1160.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1160.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1160-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1160-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15361\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15361\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15361\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1163-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15362\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15362\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1164.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1164.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1164-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1164-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15363\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15363\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1166.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1166.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1166-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1166-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15364\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15364\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1168.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1168-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1168-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=15365\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15365\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1170.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1170.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1170-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1170-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was delighted to come across this image of an oil painting: Cyclamen, by&nbsp;Sir William Nicholson, 1937, which features the same Emsom Cup jug with a missing handle. I wonder if he ever had the handle replaced and if so, I hope to find it and add it to my collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"507\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5124882249_802ded3dd8_z.jpg\" alt=\"5124882249_802ded3dd8_z\" class=\"wp-image-11756\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5124882249_802ded3dd8_z.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5124882249_802ded3dd8_z-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, here&#8217;s a jug with its original sprig-form handle, showing what my jug looked like before the handle snapped off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600-10.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600-10-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s-l1600-10-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\">Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1918\">here<\/a> to see an earlier posting featuring a pair of Epsom Cup jugs with metal replacement handles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odd, but I keep coming across the same pottery jug, each with a different replacement handle. It&#8217;s just one of those things. There must have been a design flaw in the manufacturing of the handles, rendering them too delicate to support the jugs once they were filled with liquid. I feel bad for the unsuspecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artworkphotograph","category-jug"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11755"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15366,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11755\/revisions\/15366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}