Jug of the Month - October

 

I didn't buy this Richard Godfery jug at Hatfield, and I didn't buy this jug at Art in Action. I nearly bought this jug in the Devon Guild of Craftsmen shop but I resisted. I finally succumbed at the Oxford Ceramics Fair. It cheers me up very much.

Jug of the Month - September

 

Another Gordon Whittle jug. I only threw twice at his evening class. The first time went well and I decided I was a natural. The second time was a disaster and so of course I gave up forever. Gordon's glazes are beautiful.

Jug of the Month - August

Gordon Whittle was my ceramics teacher at Trowbridge College when I did an evening class there. I was Acting Head at my school and that evening class kept me sane(ish). I'd turn up on a Tuesday and make for a few hours. Leave work on a shelf to be fired. Dip it in a bucket of glaze marked 'blue' and leave it on the shelf again. Then heave the heavy thing home. Mum had a stash of cork circles to stick on the bottom of the things I gave her to protect her woodwork. Wise.

Jug of the Month - July

 

I've lusted after this jug and am very pleased to welcome it to my home. Bristol Long Line, designed by Honor Elliot in the 1960s. She was the youngest member of the design team when she came to Bristol in 1959. The Long Line design was used to decorate a pre-existing shape; the "BRISTOL KITCHENWARE " range, but I've not seen this double spouted jug in the Kitchenware range.

 

 

The Long Line range was featured in the Woman’s Journal ‘House of the Year 1962’ at Coombe Dingle, Bristol, and won a recommendation from the Good Housekeeping Institute, which is printed on the bottom of each piece.

 

 

Jug of the Month - June

This is a fake! But I like it. No genuine Susie Cooper miniature sets were ever made, and these sets started to appear in 1997 in Tiger Lily pattern. Mine is missing a box, a plate, a cup and saucer and two plate stands. Here is the mini jug next to the real thing. 

Jug of the Month - May

A SylvaC Totem jug in a jade green. It might be an egg separator but I'm struggling to see how that would work. Just found out that SylvaC needs a big C at the end. That's exciting and new.

 Here's some more in the same colour...

And here's an amazing cheese plate in an olive green. I really want one of these...

Jug of the Month - April

Found this advert on brill website http://www.thepotteries.org

This Greydawn jug is a pretty pale blue and about 7cm high.  Johnson Brothers produced this colour from the 1920s to the 1980s. Mine's very old. I can just tell. 

Jug of the Month - March

 

An Alfred Meakin jug from a charity shop. Lovely bluey green colour. Marked with an arrow on the bottom and the year 1972. So it's as old as me. I dropped it just outside my front door and it now has three long cracks in it. Well done Jo.

Jug of the Month - February

A Wade Shooting Star jug from the Harmony range (1957-62). Bought on a day out in Cirencester. It's very slim and elegant and the tall spout is lovely. Here are some more Harmony pieces...

Jug of the Month - January

An Adam Frew jug in my Christmas stocking from J. She bought it at Origin and has kept it safe since, without accidentally stealing it for herself. I love the pulled handle, the crackly glaze and the dribble of glaze at the bottom. 

Here are some more Adam Frew jugs. Visit his website ..... http://www.adamfrew.com/

He makes a mean moon jar too.

Jug of the Month - December

A Royal Doulton jug from Shepton Mallet Flea Market for £3.

I can't find it on the interweb anywhere but found the same shape in a pattern called Lynn. Dates from the 1930s.

And found a near match with this pattern called Radiance, but it's not quite the same....

Jug of the Month - November

An Arwyn Jones jug. He made me promise to use it when I bought it. Beautiful green glaze with pools of blue. Here's his website....

http://www.arwynjonesceramics.co.uk/