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Puzzle jugs

Decoration: Painted. (D301) Inscribed "Here Gentlemen come try your Skill,/I'le hold a wager if you will:/That you don't drink this liquor all;/Without you spill or lett some fall./1732." (D302) Inscribed "Here Gentlemen come try yr: Skill,/I'le hold a wager if you will:/That you don't drink this liquor all;/Without you Spill or lett some fall./1733." All three jugs bear floral panels.
Place of origin: London or Liverpool

Dates: 1732; 1733
Collections: Longridge Ceramics Collection; Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Description of Original: Delftware, (D301) H.: 7 3/8" (18.7 cm); Diam. (body): 5 1/4" (13.3 cm); Diam. (with handle): 7 3/8" (18.7 cm), (D302) H.: 7 1/4" (18.4 cm); Diam. (body): 5 1/8" (13 cm); Diam. (handle to spout): 7 1/4" (18.4 cm)
Subject: Beverage wares
Part of: Longridge Collection
Referenced by: Grigsby, Leslie B. The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware. London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 2000.
Location of Originals: Longridge Collection : D301; Longridge Collection : D302
For Staff: METS