| #1042463 in Books | Shire | 2009-11-17 | 2009-11-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.28 x.13 x5.88l,.30 | File Name: 0747807345 | 56 pages |
||About the Author|Dick Henrywood worked in engineering and computing for 25 years before embarking on a new career as an author and lecturer and, for a time, as the specialist responsible for collectors' items at a leading auction house. He has a major collectio
Before the days of modern packaging, the only vessel available for fetching, storing or serving liquids was the simple jug. Jugs were the staple product of many pottery firms and, since most households would need several, the potential market was vast and there was great competition among the manufacturers. Decorative jugs sold best and despite the fact that jugs were essentially utilitarian, a vast number of attractive designs emerged. Although jugs from the eighteenth...
