Antique Bangor Stoneware Five Gallon Jug Bangor Maine

Antique Bangor Stoneware Large 19" Five Gallon Jug Bangor Maine. Item features wonderful applied "drips", old paint remnants, large impressive form, original stamp, very nice antique...

Antique Derby Silver Co Victorian Hammered Decorated Silver Plated Footed Round Jug Pitcher with Handle. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 7...

A 19th century English Victorian era copper half-gallon ale measure. impressive size, hand-crafted in traditional haystack form with a deep lip and pour spout, small neck, tapering bulbous body on broad base, with a large handle. Vessel body inscribed "Half Gallon", stamped maker's marks, 10, and tax marks to rim interior. circa 1875 The measure was used in taverns to truthfully measure ale or cider to protect society from fraud during trading transactions. With a largely illiterate population at the time, the interests of every citizen needed to be considered and cared for so stamped and sealed measures were used throughout the British Isles. For example, in 1309 it was decreed “The Standard of bushels, gallIons and ells shalI be sealed with an iron seal...

A rare and unusual Doulton Lambeth art pottery jug with a winged satyr handle dating from around 1895. The stoneware jug is of tall tapered cylindrical shape standing on a slightly w...