. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. earthenware, connectedwith the Wedgwood family, has recently been added to theMuseum of Practical Geology, and as it is dated of theperiod to which in my narrative I have now arrived, I haveintroduced an engraving on the following page which I amenabled, through the courtesy of , who has suppliedthe drawing, to give. It is a Puzzle Jug, of brown ware,bearing the name of an early member of t
. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. earthenware, connectedwith the Wedgwood family, has recently been added to theMuseum of Practical Geology, and as it is dated of theperiod to which in my narrative I have now arrived, I haveintroduced an engraving on the following page which I amenabled, through the courtesy of , who has suppliedthe drawing, to give. It is a Puzzle Jug, of brown ware,bearing the name of an early member of the Wedgwoodlaniily. It bears the name incised— JOHN WEDa WOOD 1691. The jug is more simple in construction than many are, thehollow channel merely passing up the handle and round theupper rim, which has three spouts. E 2 52 THE WEDGWOODS. And here it may be interesting, jDerliaps, to say a word ortwo on puzzle jugs, which are curious and very interestingvessels, about which but little is known even by puzzle jug was an ale jug, and was so contrived, byperforations in various parts, and by open work in its neckand spout, as to render it impossible to use it like other The liquor being drawn into the jug by the tapster, thepuzzle was for the customer to drink it all without became a prolific source of wagers, and most ale-housesfound it to their advantage to keep one or more of diflerentforms for their visitors. The handle usually sjirang fromnear the bottom of the jug, and was carried up its bellysome distance, when it bowed out in the general form, andwas attached to the rim at its top. The handle and rim weremade hollow, opening into the inside of the jug near thebottom, and around the rim were attached a number of littlespouts, differently placed, according to the whim of thepotter. The ale could thus only be drunk by carefullycovering up with the fingers all the spouts but one, andthrough this one the liquor would have to be sucked into th
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