{"id":3759,"date":"2015-03-27T19:38:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2015-03-29T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T18:18:33","slug":"english-mocha-banded-jug-c-1840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=3759","title":{"rendered":"English mocha banded jug, c.1840"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This mochaware slip banded jug with concentric thin black rings and\u00a0wide drab and blue bands measures 6&#8243; tall and has a flared base. It was made in England in the mid-1800&#8217;s and has a poorly made 20th century replacement\u00a0handle made of\u00a0clay compound formed over a metal armature. I applaud those who attempt to repair broken ceramics using the same techniques as 19th century tinkers\u00a0but I would like to strip away the compound and expose the metal handle on this otherwise striking jug.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3760\" title=\"IMG_5266\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5266.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5266-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3761\" title=\"IMG_5268\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5268.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5268-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5268-299x300.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5269.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3762\" title=\"IMG_5269\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5269.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5269-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3763\" title=\"IMG_5271\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5271.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5271-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3764\" title=\"IMG_5272\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5272.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5272-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3765\" title=\"IMG_5273\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5273.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5273-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original loop handle on my jug would have looked like the handle on the jug below with similar form and decoration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/burchardgalleries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3767\" title=\"burchardgalleries\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/burchardgalleries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/burchardgalleries.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/burchardgalleries-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burchardgalleries.com\">Burchard Galleries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This mochaware slip banded jug with concentric thin black rings and\u00a0wide drab and blue bands measures 6&#8243; tall and has a flared base. It was made in England in the mid-1800&#8217;s and has a poorly made 20th century replacement\u00a0handle made of\u00a0clay compound formed over a metal armature. I applaud those who attempt to repair broken [&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-3759","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\/3759","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=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9999,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions\/9999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}