Comments on: Mortlake Jugs https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 09 May 2022 17:33:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rita Roberts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460886 Mon, 09 May 2022 17:33:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460886 I have three of these Mortlake Jugs and now wish I had collected more. Thank you for sharing the pics of this wonderful collection.

]]> By: Erin Threlkeld https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460828 Mon, 09 May 2022 13:10:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460828 Four photos have a woman leaning over what looks like a vase on a column. What is the meaning of this?

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460819 Mon, 09 May 2022 12:21:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460819 GA, very interesting piece about these intriguing, utilitarian jugs. They are very “homey.”

Currently I am reading THE RADICAL POTTER the Life and Times of Josiah Wedgewood by Tristam Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. These humble Mortlake jugs might be the poorer cousins of Wedgewood’s fabulous pottery that so enchanted the upper classes in late 18th century Britain. They also featured a mix of contemporary and mythological themes.

Good stuff.

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460796 Mon, 09 May 2022 10:17:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460796 I echo previous comments and thank you for showing these, I enjoy seeing these insights into the reality of the lives of our ancestors and, as so many of mine lived in London, I now know that they must all have had jugs like these.

]]> By: Toni Bracher https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460750 Mon, 09 May 2022 06:23:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460750 Thank you for showing these, they are all so beautifully made and decorated.

]]> By: Bob Beadman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/05/09/mortlake-jugs-o/#comment-1460671 Mon, 09 May 2022 00:17:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=191634#comment-1460671 I had never heard of the Mortlake Jugs, but what an absolute delight to be able to observe
so many fascinating pieces in your incredible blog. Yours is the first blog that I ever read and am now absolutely hooked on it and learning some of the amazing history of the Spitalfields. Many
many thanks for providing something wonderful to read on a daily basis.

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