Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery 1882.522

Additional Image:

The other side printed in a pattern marked "SPRING".
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Genre Scenes
Date
1789-1797
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.90 in (45.47 cm)
  • Length: 17.90 in (45.47 cm)
  • Width: 12.30 in (31.24 cm)
Maker
Ralph Wedgwood

Description:

Creamware jug printed in black with "AUTUMN" and "SPRING" scenes, each accompanied by a verse from Thompson's poem The Seasons. Thompson was the favorite poet of Ralph Wedgwood's uncle Josiah. The jug was probably made at the Hill Pottery, Burslem, before Ralph's bankruptcy and subsequent move in 1798 to the Knottingley Pottery, Ferrybridge, in Yorkshire. The bankruptcy sale in 1797 included the contents of
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