{"product_id":"the-joy-unto-this-home-harvest-jug","title":"‘Joy unto This Home’ Harvest Jug","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Joy unto This Home’ Harvest Jug\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA proud Suffolk Red Poll Cow stands in a meadow full of Oxlips, Snakes Head Fritillaries, White campion and Chaucer’s favourite Meadow Daisies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe traditional harvest jug blessing: ‘Joy \u0026amp; Love unto This Home’ is surrounded by a garland of Wild Angelica. A Skylark sings high above the meadow announcing warmer, brighter days and the inscription: ‘Sacred Creatures bring us love’ profound relationship we have with fauna as well as flora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eApproximate Dimensions: Height 32cm, Diameter 24cm\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\/products\/lady_drury-harvest-jug\"\u003eThe Lady Drury Harvest Jug\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/themerchantstable.co.uk\/collections\/new-arrivals\/products\/the-friendship-harvest-jug\"\u003eThe Friendship Harvest Jug\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\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=\"p3\"\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=\"p3\"\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\"\u003eThe Fitzwilliam Museum\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=\"p3\"\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.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Annabel Pearl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57742159675766,"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_Joy_Unto_This_Home_Harvest_Jug.jpg?v=1777045778","url":"https:\/\/themerchantstable.co.uk\/products\/the-joy-unto-this-home-harvest-jug","provider":"The Merchant's Table","version":"1.0","type":"link"}