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  • Object number
    60/146
  • Exhibition
    The House that Jack Built: British Folk Art, British Folk Art
  • Description
    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'.
  • Physical description
    1 jug: earthenware [red], has greenish brown and yellow glaze; good condition
  • Label Text
    Barley mow harvest jug. This earthenware jug was made for the celebration at the end of a successful harvest and is typical of Barnstaple ware. On one side is the baking sun inside a mariner's compass, a design often used in the seafaring county of Devon, and on the other side a cockerel sits amongst flowers. The designs are scratched into the glaze - a technique known as 'sgraffito'. On the rear is the verse: Harvest is come all / busy now in the making / Of the Barley mow if / you the Barley mow / Neglect of Good ale you / can not then expect / August 1838 / John Prouse / Hartland
  • Archival history
    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.’
  • Production place
    Barnstaple
  • Production date
    1838 - 1838
  • Object name
    Jug
  • Material
    Ceramic, earthenware, Glaze
  • Technique
    Thrown, Glazed
  • Dimensions
    • Height 241 mm
    • Width 222 mm
  • Associated subject
    DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : serving, eating and drinking
    HARVESTING
  • Associated person/institution
    Prouse, John
  • External document
    • 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
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