Stoneware hunting jug

Description

Stoneware hunting jug. Item 3456.

This stoneware hunting jug is decorated with several well defined and crisply moulded applied sprigs of trees, topers and a fox hunting scene around the base. The sprigs are made when clay is pressed into a very shallow mould, gently teased out, and then carefully applied by hand to the body of the jug, before the piece is fired and glazed. It stands 186 mm high (7.25 inches), with a grooved strap handle and a handle terminal found at the likes of the Mortlake and Vauxhall potteries. It has a buff base and a brown salt glaze to the top. It is in excellent condition and dates from around 1840.