{"id":1918,"date":"2010-05-24T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2019-03-24T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T15:27:06","slug":"two-epsom-cup-jugs-c-1860","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=1918","title":{"rendered":"Two &#8220;Epsom Cup&#8221; jugs, c.1850"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each of these polychrome decorated jugs was purchased separately and in different countries one year apart. Both have the same relief stag &amp; dog decoration\u00a0and possess a similar metal replacement handle. They were most likely made in Staffordshire, England.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2000\" title=\"IMG_3746\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3746.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3746-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The larger jug (left) has pink lustre decoration and measures 6.5 inches tall. It was purchased in the UK, not far from where it was made.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2001\" title=\"IMG_3730\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730.jpg 372w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The smaller jug (right) was found in Maine and has a polychrome flow blue and pink lustre decoration. It stands 6inches tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2002\" title=\"IMG_3731\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3731.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3731-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both jugs have tin replacement handles of a similar design<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2003\" title=\"IMG_3733\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733.jpg 366w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EPSOM CUP&#8221; is impressed only on the larger jug<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1799_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_1799_3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1799_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These three jugs of graduating size still have their original branch form handles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2191\" title=\"md1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md11.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md11-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worthpoint.com\">WorthPoint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of these polychrome decorated jugs was purchased separately and in different countries one year apart. Both have the same relief stag &amp; dog decoration\u00a0and possess a similar metal replacement handle. They were most likely made in Staffordshire, England. The larger jug (left) has pink lustre decoration and measures 6.5 inches tall. It was purchased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[19,40,100,22],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jug","tag-english","tag-metal-handle","tag-pottery","tag-staffordshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918","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=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13946,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions\/13946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}