[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
60/146
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This harvest jug, referred to as the 'barley mow jug', is an example of Barnstaple ware and was made in 1838. It is an earthenware jug with sgraffito decoration showing a compass and a cock with a floral motif and a yellow glaze. The jug is also inscribed with a verse and signed 'August 1838, John Prouse, Hartland'.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 jug: earthenware [red], has greenish brown and yellow glaze; good condition
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>HARVEST JUG // DETAILS // Categories A Year On the Farm // Theme(s) Arts and crafts, Farming and agriculture, Food and drink, Weather and environment // Collection Ceramics // Date 1838 // Object number 60/146 // DESCRIPTION // This jug was made for the boozy celebration which comes after a successful harvest. The baking sun sits smiling at the centre of a mariner’s compass on one side, a fitting design for a jug made in the seafaring county of Devon. The varying hues of orange and yellow are rooted in the spent soil and blazing skies of a hot summer’s day. // On the opposite side a cockerel sits among flowers, and the zigzag decoration around the neck of the jug is typical of Barnstaple Ware. The designs are all scratched into the glaze, a technique known as ‘sgraffiato’. // On the back of the jug there is this verse: Harvest is come all // busy now in making // of the Barley mow if // you the Barley mow // neglect of Good ale you // can not then expect // August 1838, John Prouse, Hartland</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Inscription – ‘Harvest is come all // busy now in making // of the Barley mow if // you the Barley mow // neglect of Good ale you // can not then expect // August 1838 // John Prouse // Hartland.’, MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Barnstaple Ware with typical colouring and sgraffiato decoration. A ‘Harvest Jug’ Red earthenware. // Good example of this ware in Barnstaple, Bideford and Exeter Museums. // A mariner’s compass, a common decorative feature of this ware, appears at the side of the handle. // The zigzag decoration round the neck and the coil of clay at the lower attachment of the handle are characteristic of this ware. // A cock with floral motifs balances the compass on this side.’
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Barnstaple
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1838 - 1838
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- Height 241 mm
- Width 222 mm
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3288.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3289.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3290.tif - High resolution image
