{"id":2832,"date":"2010-08-31T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2012-02-07T09:39:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T14:39:46","slug":"john-bull-staffordshire-jug-c-1805","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=2832","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;John Bull&#8221; Staffordshire jug, c.1812"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rare soft paste pottery jug with transfer decoration and overglaze polychrome washes\u00a0featuring a Napoleonic \u00a0political cartoon.\u00a0Made in Staffordshire, England and marked &#8220;T. Harley &#8211; Lane End&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2833\" title=\"IMG_2312\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2312.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2312-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Harley (1778-1832) produced earthenware jugs and other wares in his Lane End (now Longton) studio from 1805-1812. In 1814 he was involved in a meeting which called for the abolition of the slave trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2834\" title=\"IMG_2313\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2313.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2313-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jug measures 7-1\/2&#8243; high and is featured in AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN by Geoffrey A. Godden, Bonanza Books Inc., N.Y., 1966.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2835\" title=\"IMG_2314\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2314.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2314-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A now rusted metal handle with thumb rest, made by a metalsmith over 100 years ago,\u00a0replaces the original damaged ceramic handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836\" title=\"IMG_2316\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2316.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2316-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This rare example with intact handle shows what my jug looked like before a clumsy person dropped it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SN011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6148\" title=\"SN011\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SN011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SN011.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SN011-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commemorativeceramics.co.uk\">Commemorative Ceramics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare soft paste pottery jug with transfer decoration and overglaze polychrome washes\u00a0featuring a Napoleonic \u00a0political cartoon.\u00a0Made in Staffordshire, England and marked &#8220;T. Harley &#8211; Lane End&#8221;. Thomas Harley (1778-1832) produced earthenware jugs and other wares in his Lane End (now Longton) studio from 1805-1812. 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