{"id":2127,"date":"2012-09-22T19:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T23:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2015-06-16T05:47:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T09:47:23","slug":"small-copper-lustre-gravelware-jug-c-1840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2127","title":{"rendered":"Small copper lustre gravelware jug, c.1840"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tiny copper lustre jug, made in England in the mid-19th century, has an applied decorative gravel band at the bottom. It\u00a0measures just 2-3\/4&#8243; tall.<\/p>\n<p>In America, lustreware became popular in mid-19th century. During the Victorian period, a certain dinner party fad was to place lustreware pieces on a mirrored platform as a table centerpiece and watch the glow of gaslight sparkle and shimmer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2128\" title=\"IMG_2282\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2282.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2282-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 100 years ago, a\u00a0tinsmith made a sturdy replacement handle with two support straps after the original handle broke off. I particularly like the elegant loop the handle makes at the peak, avoiding the remaining broken fragment of the original.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2284.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2129\" title=\"IMG_2284\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2284.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2284-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This jug, with similar form and decoration, shows what the simple handle on my perfectly imperfect jug would have looked like before its disfiguring accident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2130\" title=\"md1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md1.jpg 390w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/md1-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/topbestwatchbrands.com\/best-military-watches-for-men\/\">best military watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tiny copper lustre jug, made in England in the mid-19th century, has an applied decorative gravel band at the bottom. It\u00a0measures just 2-3\/4&#8243; tall. In America, lustreware became popular in mid-19th century. During the Victorian period, a certain dinner party fad was to place lustreware pieces on a mirrored platform as a table centerpiece [&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":[19,5,40,100],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jug","tag-english","tag-lustre","tag-metal-handle","tag-pottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","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=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10271,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/10271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}