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Selected Jugs by Unknown Makers

A large number of relief-moulded jugs are found with no maker's mark. Some are titled, but many are completely unmarked. This section features selected jugs by unknown makers, and news of any marked examples would be very welcome.

Aesop's Fables (not titled)
Design not registered. On one side is the fable of the Eagle and the Serpent.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

Apple Blossom (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

Bacchanalian Cherubs (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Barrel with Rope Handle (not titled)
Design not registered. Hughes mentions an example with the Ridgway 1835 publication mark but this remains unconfirmed.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Hughes 2/210

 

"Cam"
Design not registered. The same jug was also made by James Edwards & Son who registered their version on 17 July 1877.
Marks: moulded ribbon with title
Illustrations: Hughes 2/212

Other jugs with river titles, possibly related, are titled "Dee", "Tay" and "Wye (see below).

  
"Canova"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded medallion with portrait bust, title, and Staffordshire knot
Illustrations: Hughes 2/37; Rumsey 230-31

 

"Card Party" / "Smoking Party"
Design not registered. The titles appear within the moulding at the base of each scene.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Henrywood RMJ/273; Hughes 1/43a; Rumsey 137-38

The sources for the two scenes have been identified as a pair of engravings by James Caldwall after David Teniers the Younger (“Simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis”, prints dated 1 January 1798)

"Cinderella"
Design not registered. The title appears in a moulded panel near the base of the handle.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Comb Handle (temporary title)
Design not registered. A variant exists with less moulding around the foot and neck.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Daisy Heads 1 (temporary title)
Design not registered. One of several unmarked jugs featuring overall patterns of daisy heads. Other marked examples are the Ridgway Rosette jug and another by Thomas & John Carey of Lane End (see Henrywood BJ/459).
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Death of Abel (not titled)
Design not registered. The same pair of figure scenes as on the two jugs of this subject made by Edward Walley. This unmarked jug is different in shape to the others.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Death of Wellington (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Rumsey 232

A fine parian jug, the source identified by McAuliffe and others as a wood engraving by Joseph L. Williams after John Gilbert, from a Wellington Supplement to the Illustrated London News, dated 13 November 1852.

"Dee"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded ribbon with title
Illustrations: none

Other jugs with river titles, possibly related, are titled "Cam" (see above) and "Tay" and "Wye (see below).

"Egyptian"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded scroll mark with title "EGYPTIAN"
Illustrations: none

  
Floral and Gothic Arches (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  

Florence Nightingale (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: May, Victoria Remembered 209

The source has been identified as a wood engraving titled “Miss Nightingale, in the Hospital, at Scutari” in The Illustrated London News, 24 February 1855.
Foxgloves and Ferns (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked (the jug shown bears painted pattern number 1244)
Illustrations: none
Framed Convolvulus (not titled)
Design not registered. The convolvulus was a popular them on mid-19th century jugs.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Freesia or Agapanthus (temporary title)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Gamekeeper (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  

"Garibaldi, the Italian Patriotic Jug"
Design not registered. Most examples of this jug are unmarked although one with a blue ground is known marked Cork & Edge. Parian examples with a lavender ground were made by Copestake Brothers. Other earthenware or stoneware jugs could be by some other maker.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Henrywood RMJ/254; Hughes 1/192; Rumsey 245

The source has been identified by Jim McAuliffe and others as an engraving of "General Garibaldi" which appeared in a supplement to The Illustrated London News, 4 June 1859.
"Giuseppe Garibaldi"
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
"Good Dog"
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Hanging Fuchsia (not titled)
Design not registered. Very similar to the John & Thomas Lockett Bacchanalian Cherubs jug but without the cherubs and with a different handle.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Hanging Game (not titled)
Design not published or registered. Several makers used hanging game as a subject including James Edwards & Son, Edward & William Walley ("Enville"), and the so-called Chrysanthemum Factory. This jug is somewhat similar to the latter but without the dog handle.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
"Harebell"
Design not registered. An applied mark of identical form was used on their "Willie" jug by J.W. Pankhurst & Co.
Marks: applied title mark
Illustrations: none

  
Heron (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Holly and Ivy (not titled)
Design not registered. A jug for Christmas-time?
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe (not titled)
Design not registered. Another jug for Christmas-time?
Marks: applied pseudo royal arms mark of American shield and eagle with British lion and unicorn supporters
Illustrations: none

  
Hops (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Hops and Wheat (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Hunting Scenes (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Idle Apprentices (not titled)
Design not registered. A jug which was probably made by several potters. Marked examples are known by John Ellis of Bristol and William Stubbs & Co.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Henrywood RMJ/250; Hughes 2/35
Lily Flower (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
"Liverpool"
Design not published. This jug has previously been associated with the Herculaneum Pottery in Liverpool, the initials CM assumed to refer to the proprietors Case & Mort. That has been questioned by Peter Hyland and I share his doubt. I believe it is an early jug made by Charles Meigh but leave it listed here as unknown until more support is forthcoming.
Marks: moulded panel with title "LIVERPOOL" and initials "C.M." (sometimes with size number at the top)
Illustrations: Hyland 204; Smith 188
Mask Between Storks (not titled)
Design not registered. Also recorded as a teapot.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Mirrored Tulips (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  

Miser and Spendthrift (not titled)
Design not registered. Most commonly found in white parian. The moulding varies with different sizes and note the changes to the rim and handle in some examples (possibly to allow for a Britannia metal lid). The two jugs shown may well be by different makers.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Rumsey 151

"Miser" and "Spendthrift" (titled)
Design not registered. The jug shown is an unusual variant with script titles on the base.
Marks: moulded titles "Miser" and "Spendthrift"
Illustrations: none
"Morning"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded ribbon with title, size number beneath
Illustrations: none

The source is a design by Flaxman to illustrate Homer's Odyssey


  
Oak Leaves and Acorns (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Ornate Spirals (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Paul and Virginia (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Henrywood RMJ/266-67; Hughes 1/148; Rumsey 177

An octagonal jug usually found in grey stoneware.
Rambling Rose (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
"Royal Volunteer"
Design not registered. A standing infantryman on one side and a standing rifleman on the other. The latter figure is the same as that noted on "The Volunteer Rifle Corps." (2) jug listed below. The title appears in the moulding above each figure.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Snuff Taker (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Hughes 2/8
Stylised Ferns (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Swan (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Henrywood BJ/390;
Hughes 2/205

"Tay"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded ribbon with title
Illustrations: none

Other jugs with river titles, possibly related, are titled "Cam" and "Dee" (see above) and "Wye" (see below).

  
Three Farm Girls (not titled)
Design not registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

This is an untitled variant of a "Harvest Home" jug. The shape and handle are both different, and this version has nothing beneath the rim where the other has a bird with ribbon bearing the title.

  
"The Volunteer Rifle Corps" (1)
Design not registered. The title appears within the moulding around beneath the spout.
Marks: unmarked except for impressed "No.1s" or "No.2" (probably size numbers)
Illustrations: Hughes 2/179
"The Volunteer Rifle Corps" (2) (title to be confirmed)
Design not registered. The title appears within the moulding beneath the soldier.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none
Tobacco (not titled)
Design not registered. A man smoking on one side and a woman taking snuff on the other.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

"Wellington"
Design not registered. The moulded figure has been reproduced in mirror image for the second side. A variant has the figure replaced by black-printed designs commemorating Wellington's death on 14 September 1852. The basic jug shape is the same as the Idle Apprentices jug listed above.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none

The source for the moulded seated figure is a statue by George Abbott, modelled by Alfred Crowquill for a parian figure by Samuel Alcock & Co., published on 18 June 1852, shortly before his death, and later also made by W.T. Copeland. The maker of the jug may have copied a parian figure or possibly a print such as the example shown here.

Wheat on Barrel (not titled)
Design not published or registered.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: none		  
Winemakers (not titled)
Design not published or registered. Variously titled Grape Harvesting or Ox Cart and Grapes.
Marks: unmarked
Illustrations: Hughes 1/38; Rumsey 153-54

"Wye"
Design not registered.
Marks: moulded ribbon with title
Illustrations: none

Other jugs with river titles, possibly related, are titled "Cam", "Dee" and "Tay" (see above).

  

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