Large Handpainted Water Jug - Shorter

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Very large and visually striking handpainted water jug. The painting over the embossed floral design is quite crude and it is marked on the base "Hand painted by Shorter England". Whether this is Shorter & Son, I don't know as the backstamp doesn't really match anything of theirs I can find. If it is, it is at least 50 years old and in that case it's in extremely clean condition and with only a minimum of crazing. Regardless, it is a very distinctive display piece.

18cm x 12.5cm x 17.5cm (across handle)

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Pink Elephant Water Jug - Hornsea Fauna

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Lovely Hornsea Pink Elephant bar water jug from the Hornsea Fauna range of around 60 years vintage - the mark on the base of this dates it to around 1955. It is well detailed, the barrel with the legend "Take More Water With It" (presumably as you're in a pub and seeing pink elephants). As well as the backstamp, there is an impressed C1 on the base.  There is a tiny flea bite on the rim to the left of the trunk (facing - see detail - looks worse in picture than in real life) and on the same side nearer the spout, a very fine hairline crack about 1cm long, just about visible in the close up of the barrel. It is otherwise sound and in very good condition.

13cm x 10cm (h) x 8cm

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