{"product_id":"lady_drury-harvest-jug","title":"The Lady Drury Harvest Jug","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lady Drury Harvest Jug\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA Nightingale sings high in a Hornbeam tree and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e Snakeshead Fritillaries surround the jug; these checkered wildflowers live in Suffolk meadows and emerge in the Spring. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Jacobean Suffolk poet, painter Lady Anne Drury is pictured here exchanging campion flowers with her husband Lord Robert Drury. One of her whippets sits loyally by while another runs around the base of the jug. The words of the jug are: ‘To thine own heart be true’ taken from Hamlet and, the words ‘Love. Friendship. Forever.’ Circle the jug.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eApproximate Dimensions: Height 28cm, Diameter 26cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePart of the spring collection of Suffolk Harvest Jugs for The Merchant’s Table by artist Annabel Pearl including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themerchantstable.co.uk\/collections\/new-arrivals\/products\/the-friendship-harvest-jug\"\u003eThe Friendship Jug \u003c\/a\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themerchantstable.co.uk\/collections\/new-arrivals\/products\/the-joy-unto-this-home-harvest-jug\"\u003eThe Joy unto This Home Harvest Jug.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHarvest jugs started to be made in the early eighteenth century as vessels to serve ale or cider in at the harvest celebrations, and these simple terracotta and slipware jugs bring a feeling of everyday joyful celebration into a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs harvest jugs grew in popularity and became highly desirable their status grew.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSoon they were being commissioned by aristocrats, farmers, and landowners to commemorate special occasions and became prized possessions in England and America.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese handcrafted keepsakes rarely left the families they were made for and are now highly collectible as much for their beauty as for their importance as artefacts of social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe harvest jugs Annabel made for The Merchant’s Table all honour both the imagery and ceramic techniques used by the Master Craftsmen family: George, Robert and Edwin Beer Fishley whose beautiful work can be found in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/explore-our-collection\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Fitzwilliam Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The decorative vitality of the Fishley harvest jugs is charming and soulful, and their rotund bellies abundantly express sentiments of love, joy and friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUsing traditional terracotta and cream slip, Annabel has drawn into the clay with sgraffito and finished the jugs with a warm honey-coloured glaze.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe visual stories and imagery she has decorated the jugs with depict the plants, animals, birds and myths of the magical landscape of Suffolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annabel Pearl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57740623249782,"sku":null,"price":685.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/9540\/9059\/files\/The_Merchants_Table_Annabel_Pearl_Spring_Lady_Drury_Harvest_Jug.jpg?v=1777046055","url":"https:\/\/themerchantstable.co.uk\/products\/lady_drury-harvest-jug","provider":"The Merchant's Table","version":"1.0","type":"link"}