18th Century Material Culture

Earthenware Jugs / Pitchers

 English
Illustrations
by Captain William Baillie after Cornelis Dusar
1767
(The British Museum)
 The Human Passions - “Greed for liquor”
by Thomas Sanders after Timothy Bobbin 1773
(Lewis Walpole Library)
 “A Girl by the Styles”
by Henry Walton c. 1777 - 1778
(Private Collection)
 English
Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
English Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
18th Century
(Victoria & Albert)
 English
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Hampshire
c. 1550 - 1650
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Surrey
c. 1550 - 1600
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Surrey
c. 1575 - 1625
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Surrey or Hampshire
c. 1600
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1650 - 1700
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Wiltshire
c. 1700
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Nottingham
Dated 1759
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Sussex
c. 1711
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Agateware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1750
(John Howard)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Wrotham
1674
(Victoria & Albert)
 English
Lead Glazed Slip Decorated
Earthenware Jugs / Pitchers
English Slip Decorated Sgraffito Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from North Devon
Excavated in Hamton, Virginia c. 1660 - 1670
(Ceramics in America)
 English Slip Decorated Sgraffito Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from North Devon
One of Many Shipment Damaged Wares Found in the Drainage Ditch of William May of Jamestown, Virginia c. 1670 - 1680
(National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, Chipstone Foundation, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
 English Slip Decorated Sgraffito Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from North Devon
One of Many Shipment Damaged Wares Found in the Drainage Ditch of William May of Jamestown, Virginia c. 1670 - 1680
(National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, Chipstone Foundation, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
 English Slip Decorated Sgraffito Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from North Devon
One of Many Shipment Damaged Wares Found in the Drainage Ditch of William May of Jamestown, Virginia c. 1670 - 1680
(National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, Chipstone Foundation, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
 English Slip Decorated Sgraffito Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from North Devon
One of Many Shipment Damaged Wares Found in the Drainage Ditch of William May of Jamestown, Virginia c. 1670 - 1680
(National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park, Chipstone Foundation, Photo Gavin Ashworth)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Harlow
c. 1635 - 1670
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from the Midlands
1677
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Yorkshire
Mid 17th to Early 18th Century
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Yorkshire
Mid 17th to Early 18th Century
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Owl Jug from London
c. 1720
(Ceramics in America)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
1704
(Christie’s)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1730 - 1740
(Victoria & Albert)
 English
Lead Glazed Slip Decorated
Earthenware Harvest Jugs
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug with “GR” Cypher from Barnstable
“Drane by me Thomas Stonman June 27 / Made by me Edward Reed” 1741
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug with “GR” Cypher from Barnstable
“Drane by me Thomas Stonman June 27 / Made by me Edward Reed” 1741
(Stoke-On-Trent)
 ‘Come fill mee full with Licker sweet for that is Good when frends Doo meet
Make noo Delay But fill mee quick
And I will treat my friends As thy pas By’

‘God bles King George And All his Men And send Admerell Vernon home Again’

‘G17 / R41

English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug with “GR” Cypher from Barnstable
“Drane by me Thomas Stonman June 27 / Made by me Edward Reed” 1741
(Stoke-On-Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug from Barnstaple or Bideford, North Devon
1748
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug from Barnstaple or Bideford, North Devon
1748
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug from Barnstaple, North Devon
1764
(Colonial Williamsburg)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug from North Devon
Early 18th Century
(Ceramics in America)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Harvest Jug from Bideford or Barnstable
1764
(Victoria & Albert)
 English
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Creamware Jugs / Pitchers
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1735 - 1760
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug from Yorkshire
1779
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug with Polychrome Enameled Decoration
1779
(Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug with Polychrome Enameled Decoration
1779
(Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher from Staffordshire or Yorkshire
c. 1780
(John Howard)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher from Staffordshire or Yorkshire
c. 1780
(John Howard)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug with Polychrome Enameled Decoration
1784
(Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Jug with Polychrome Enameled Decoration
1784
(Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher with Transfer Depicting the Death of General Wolfe
“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland” c. 1780
(Private Collection)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher with Transfer Depicting the Death of General Wolfe
“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland” c. 1780
(Private Collection)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher with Transfer Depicting the Death of General Wolfe
“Success to the Independent Volunteer Societies of the Kingdom of Ireland” c. 1780
(Private Collection)
Electioneering Enamel Jug - King George III
c. 1782
(Robert Hunter)
Electioneering Enamel Jug - King George III
c. 1782
(Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Creamware Pitcher Commemorating Admiral Rodney
c. 1782
(John Howard)
 English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher
c. 1780
(Sotheby’s - The Irvin & Anita Schorsch Collection - Photo by Robert Hunter)
 English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher
c. 1780
(Sotheby’s - The Irvin & Anita Schorsch Collection - Photo by Robert Hunter)
 English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher
c. 1780
(Sotheby’s - The Irvin & Anita Schorsch Collection - Photo by Robert Hunter)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher from Staffordshire or Yorkshire
Dated 1785
(John Howard)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware / Creamware Pitcher from Staffordshire or Yorkshire
Dated 1785
(John Howard)
 English Colored
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
English Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
1754
(Ceramics in America)
English Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1760 - 1780
(Ceramics in America)
English Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1760 - 1780
(Ceramics in America)
English Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1780 - 1785
(Ceramics in America)
English Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1780 - 1785
(Ceramics in America)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1750
(Ceramics in America)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug from Staffordshire
c. 1750
(Ceramics in America)
English Tin Glazed
Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Jug
c. 1720
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Jug
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Pussycat Jug from London
Similar have been excavated in North America c. 1660
(Ceramics in America)
 American
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug Possibly from Essex County, Massachusetts
Possibly Made at Either the James Kettle Pottery or William Vinson Pottery Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug Possibly from Essex County, Massachusetts
Possibly Made at Either the James Kettle Pottery or William Vinson Pottery Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Cream Glazed Earthenware Jug From Charleston or Camden, South Carolina
Attributed to John Bartlam or One of his Workmen Such as William Ellis 18th Century
(Rob Hunter)
American Cream Glazed Earthenware Jug From Charleston or Camden, South Carolina
Attributed to John Bartlam or One of his Workmen Such as William Ellis 18th Century
(Rob Hunter)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Southeastern, Massachusetts
Late 18th Century - Early 19th Century, But Possibly Made Earlier than 1775
(Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Southeastern, Massachusetts
c. 1770 - 1810
(Crocker Farm)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Southeastern, Massachusetts
c. 1770 - 1810
(Crocker Farm)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Southeastern, Massachusetts
c. 1770 - 1810
(Historic Deerfield)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Southeastern, Massachusetts
c. 1770 - 1810
(Historic Deerfield)
American Lead Glazed Splattered Slip Decorated Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Essex County, Massachusetts
c. 1770 or Earlier
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Splattered Slip Decorated Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Essex County, Massachusetts
c. 1770 or Earlier
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Splattered Slip Decorated Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Essex County, Massachusetts
c. 1770 or Earlier
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Bowl Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a c. 1740 - 1780 Privy at 232 Race Street in Philadelphia and Thought to be Locally Made
(American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas / Photo Courtesy Chris Rowell)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher from Massachusetts
by the Osborne Family of Potters from South Danvers (Peabody) Late 18th Century
(Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
American Lead Glazed Earthenware Jug / Pitcher from Virginia
Made by the Greenspring Potter, Virginia c. 1650
(Ceramics in America)
 American Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Bowl Attributed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a c. 1740 - 1780 Privy at 232 Race Street in Philadelphia and Thought to be Locally Made
(American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas / Photo Courtesy Chris Rowell)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recovered from a Philadelphia Privy c. 1780 - 1790 and Thought to be Locally Made
(Bruce Adwell / Early American Ceramics by Justin W. Thomas)
 American Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher from Massachusetts
Likely Made at the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts c. 1766 - 1799
(Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
 American Black Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher from Massachusetts
Likely Made at the Daniel Bayley Pottery Company, Newburyport, Massachusetts c. 1766 - 1799
(Winterthur)
 American Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitchers from Virginia
by and Found of the Site of the Shop of Henry Pierce of Alexandria, Virginia c. 1792 - 1796
(Chipstone Foundation)
 American Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Pitcher from Rhode Island
Likely Made by the Upton Brothers of East Greenwich, Rhode Island c. 1771 - 1785
(Old Sturbridge Village)
 French
Lead Glazed Earthenware
Jugs / Pitchers
 French Green Lead Glazed Earthenware Spouted Jugs Made In Saintonge
From the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the 1760 Battle of Restigouche in the Bay of Gaspé in Quebec Province
c. 1755 - 1760
(Parks Canada)
Puzzle Jugs
English Salt Glazed Stoneware Puzzle Jug from Spatial or London
1751
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Salt Glazed Stoneware Puzzle Jug from Spatial or London
1751
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Salt Glazed Scratch Blue Stoneware Puzzle Jug Probably from Staffordshire
c. 1745 - 1770
(Winterthur)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Puzzle Jug
c. 1700
(Stoke - On - Trent)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Staffordshire, London, or Bristol
1733
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Staffordshire, London, or Bristol
1733
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Puzzle Jug from Donyatt, Somerset
Dated 1775
(Winterthur)
English Lead Glazed Slip Decorated Puzzle Jug from Donyatt, Somersett
“When You See Pray Think On Mee / 1777”
(Stoke - On - Trent)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug
c. 1700 - 1750
(Victoria & Albert)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Staffordshire
1773
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Lead Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Staffordshire
1773
(Chipstone Foundation)
 Dutch Ting Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug c. 1650 - 1670 (Left)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Liverpool c. 1750 - 1770 (Right)
(Winterthur)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from London or Liverpool
1732
(Christies)
English, Irish, or Scottish Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug
c. 1750
(Chipstone Foundation)
English, Irish, or Scottish Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug
c. 1750
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Bristol
1771
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Bristol
1771
(Chipstone Foundation)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Liverpool
c. 1765 - 1770
(Victoria & Albert)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Liverpool
c. 1760
(Private Collection)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Bristol
c. 1770 - 1775
(Victoria & Albert)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Liverpool
c. 1765 - 1770
(Victoria & Albert)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Liverpool
c. 1750 - 1760
(Victoria & Albert)
English Tin Glaze Earthenware Puzzle Jug from Bristol
c. 1770 - 1775
(Garth Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from London or Liverpool
18th Century
(Cowan’s Auction House)
English Tin Glazed Earthenware Puzzle Jug from London or Liverpool
18th Century
(Cowan’s Auction House)
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