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S L I P W A R E Beverage Wares 
jugs and a Bucket 
S79, S80. JUGS 
Staffordshire 
(S79) Dated 1691 
(S80) Dated 1704 
(S79) H.: 7 7/8" (20 cm): 
Diam. (body): 7" (17.8 cm); 
Diam. (with handle): 7 3/8" (18.7 cm) 
(S80) H,: 9 1/8" (23.2 cm): 
Diam. (body): 7" (17.8 cm); 
Diam. (with handle): 7 58" (19.4 cm) 
BODY CLAY: Fine-grained buff, 
LEAD GLAZE: Overall, excluding 
lower extremes of walls and bottoms. 
SHAPE: Thrown. Pulled handles, 
(S79) convex on interior and flat on 
exterior, (580) nearly oval in section. 
Slightly concave bottoms. 
SLIP GROUND: Cream-colored. 
Overall, excluding lower extremes of 
walls and bottoms. 
D'ECORATION: Trailed and jeweled, 
Flowering plants, (S80) with birds and 
"DS." Rims inscribed (S79) "WS 1691 RF" 
and (S80) "DS 1704." 
Published. (579) Wills, Pottery and Porcelain, 
pp. 10 71, fig. 72. Godden. English China, p. 31, 
fig. 24, Grigsby, Slipware, p. 878, pl. 12, (580) 
Toft Exhibit (catalog), no. 57; Stretton, Rous 
Lench, p. 10, fig. 10: Grigsby, Slipware, p. 878, 
pl. 13, 
Exhibited: (580) Toft Exhibit, no. 57 
Ex colls.: (579) Mrs. G. Morton, (580) T G. 
Burn, Rous Lench. 
he 1691 jug (S79) is the earliest dated of five known closely related examples.
Unlike the others it is without bird motifs. The next earliest jug in the
group is 
inscribed "IPS 1697 11" on the rim, with "RF" in the
lower panel.' This example 
is followed in date by a jug with the rim inscription "1W 1699 WS"
and an "RF" 
initialed lower panel. The flowers and birds on the 1697 and 1699 vessels
are 
more elegantly executed than those on the 1704 jug shown here (S80) and on
a 
similarly dated one initialed "AS" both on the rim and in the lower
panel., 
    In decorative style and motifs, the jugs are linked to a group of two-handled,
cylindrical cups cheerfully inscribed "THE BEST IS NOT TOO GOOD FOR
YOU" 
above symmetrical panels of tulips and other flowers (nos. S68-S71). The
initials 
"WS" and "RE" seen on the 1691 jug shown here (S79),
variously are found on 
"TOO GOOD FOR YOU" cups with dates from 1688 to 1698. "D)S"
appears on the 
1704 dated Iongridge jug (S80) and on a cup dated 1709. 
S80 
           1. Walton, Temiple Newsam, no. 5.                4. Christie's
{L), Rous ILench sale, May 29, 1990, 
                                                     lot 81. For an undated
"DS" cup, see Christie's 
           2. Burlington 119141, pl. 10, (ase B, tno. 39 
           (British Museum, no. 1920-0318.1).        (L),. June 9, 1980,
lot 86. 
$80        3. Rackhaim, Glaisher, vol. 2, pl. 201), no. 255. 
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