Jug, made in Glasgow

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This creamware jug was made around 1820 at John Geddes' Verreville pottery and glass works in Glasgow. It is also painted with the company's name and may have been an advertising piece.

The jug has a small moulded foot, a wide straight-sided neck and a high curved pouring lip opposite a loop handle. It is decorated with a transfer printed pattern taken from David Allan's illustrations of Allan Ramsay's poem 'The Gentle Shepherd'.

The name 'Verreville' means glass town and emphasises that the firm originally produced glass as well as pottery.

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• Online ID: 000-100-003-309-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEK 585
• Date: Around 1820
  
• Material: Cream glazed earthenware
  Jug
  
• Dimensions: 180 mm H x 115 mm D (base) x 115 mm D (rim)
  
• What: Jug
  
• Subject: Post-medieval pottery and porcelain (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Verreville Pottery and Glass Works, Glasgow (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
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• Description: Cream glazed earthenware jug with a small moulded foot, a wide straight-sided neck and a high curved pouring lip opposite a loop handle, by Verreville Pottery and Glass Works of Glasgow
  
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