{"id":3095,"date":"2010-07-21T11:49:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2013-11-02T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T18:49:43","slug":"drabware-syrup-jug-c-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=3095","title":{"rendered":"Drabware syrup jug, c.1880"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paneled body pottery syrup jug with drab colored matte finish glaze. Original hinged lid is marked &#8220;Dixon &amp; Sons&#8221; and is made of Britannian metal (aka Britannium), a composite made up of 93% tin, 5% antimony &amp; 2% copper<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3109\" title=\"IMG_3184\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3184.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3184.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3184-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made in England with a molded Celtic inspired scrollwork pattern<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4647.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3620\" title=\"IMG_4647\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4647.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4647.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4647-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Replaced tin handle has nice crimped edge detailing and is soldered on to the lid at the top and bolted through the jug at the bottom. Jug measures 6-1\/2&#8243; high<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3186.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3110\" title=\"IMG_3186\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3186.jpg\" width=\"386\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3186.jpg 386w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3186-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This jug with identical form shows what the original ornate handle on my jug would have looked like before it broke off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/692134516_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8040\" alt=\"692134516_o\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/692134516_o.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/692134516_o.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/692134516_o-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.co.uk\">eBay<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worthpoint.com\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paneled body pottery syrup jug with drab colored matte finish glaze. Original hinged lid is marked &#8220;Dixon &amp; Sons&#8221; and is made of Britannian metal (aka Britannium), a composite made up of 93% tin, 5% antimony &amp; 2% copper Made in England with a molded Celtic inspired scrollwork pattern Replaced tin handle has nice crimped [&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],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jug","tag-english","tag-metal-handle","tag-pottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095","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=3095"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8042,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions\/8042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}