. 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. ^ and closelycovered, the ale would spill, and thus cause the discomfitureof the drinker and the loss of his wager. In my own collection I have the good fortune to possessseveral interesting examples of puzzle jugs, some of whichare of remarkably good form and construction, and ofdiiferent dates. One of them bears the motto— From mother earth i took my birth,Then form*^ a Jug by IMan,And now stand h
. 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. ^ and closelycovered, the ale would spill, and thus cause the discomfitureof the drinker and the loss of his wager. In my own collection I have the good fortune to possessseveral interesting examples of puzzle jugs, some of whichare of remarkably good form and construction, and ofdiiferent dates. One of them bears the motto— From mother earth i took my birth,Then form*^ a Jug by IMan,And now stand here, fiU^ with good cheer,Taste of me if you can. The accompanying engraving of a puzzle jug of Delft waic,in Mr. Mayers magnificent museum, will show by its motto. the kind of wagers which were laid over these curious i) verse runs thus— Here, gentlemen, come trj y skill,Ill hold a wager, if you will,That you Dont Drink this liq allWithout you spill or lett some Fall. Another one, which bears the name of A. Norris, has asomewhat similar verse— 54 THE WEDGWOODS. Gentlemen, now try your Skill,Ill hold 50U Sixpence, if you will,That you dout drink unless you Spil. Another one which I have seen has simply the charac-teristic motto, The Ale is good, taste, around it; implying that it is of good taste if you can butget it! The accompanying is the representation of another puzzlejug of Staffordshire make, and of different construction,
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