Artist: Hoyle, John Phillips; Date(s): 1857; Classification(s): lead-glazed earthenware, jug, slip-coated, earthenware, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928 [Gl.C.74-1928]
Description: Jug. Earthenware, thrown, slip-coated with incised decoration under lead glaze. Bulbous body with a short neck, pinched into a lip in front, and a loop handle rolled into a coil at the lower end. On the front is a ship in full sail with the inscription 'Bucton Castle crossing the Line', above, and below, the inscription 'From Rocks & Sands/ & Every Ill/ may God Protect the Sailor/ Still/ John Phillips Hoyle/ 1857 Bideford'.