TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE PUZZLE JUGS, CIRCA 1760

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TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE PUZZLE JUGS, CIRCA 1760

probably Liverpool, of conventional form, the rims with three apertures, and a band of flowerheads formed of circle and heart-shaped piercing, each painted with script verse in slightly different spellings:

"Here Gentlemen come try y^r Skill.

I'le hold a wager if you will

That you Don't Drink this liq^r all

Without you spill or let some Fall.", 

flanked by flowering plants

height 7 ½ in.

18.8 cm