Additional Image: The other side is printed with Masonic emblems and the figures of three Masons. The printer evidently thought "The Last Drop" was a subject that would appeal to potential Masonic customers. |
Shape Type: Miscellaneous Pattern Type: Genre Scenes Date: c. 1788-1800 Dimensions:
Maker: Ralph Wedgwood (probably) Description: Creamware jug printed with the phrase "The Last Drop" in which the figure of Death strikes with his dart a man drinking the last drop of punch from a punchbowl. Eighteenth-century punch consisted of brandy (or rum) with lemons (or limes) and sugar, and was the equivalent of a lethally strong 'alcopop'. One user complained that drinking it made him lose sensation in his... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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