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Besides handling these vital imports, the Dutch also exported their own decorated slipwares (wares of coarse red clay decorated with a white liquid clay known as slip) and tin-glazed earthenwares, providing Britain with the  fine tablewares it was not then possible to make locally. In particular, Dutch tin-glazed tiles and drug jars were in constant demand, to the extent that these were the main products of  the potters Jasper Andries and Jacob Jansen, who  settled in Norwich  from the Low Countries in 1567. But there was also a ready market for exotic pottery drinking vessels which could be mounted in silver or silver-gilt, for example mugs from Iznik in Turkey and maiolica (painted tin-glazed earthenware) from North Italy. In terms of exotic style, however, these luxury goods were overshadowed by the fragile and expensive coloured glass imported from Venice.<br><br><b>Collectors & Owners</b><br>This jug belongs to a class of pottery once thought to be English. They were known to collectors as 'Malling' jugs, because the first example was found at West Malling church in Kent, where it had served as an altar flagon. Similar instances of export wares wrongly thought to be made in England are not hard to find. In the 19th century  the 'Newcastle' glass decanters were imported from Denmark. It is now known from excavations that these 'Malling' jugs were made in the Low Countries.","physicalDescription":"Uniform dark blue overall.  Silver (?) mount on foot with a pierced diaper border probably of later date (19th Century ?).  Silver (?) mount on neck, upper handle and into mouth with engraved and stamped floral and strapwork decoration including a cartouche and pounced with initials and date B/E M/1618.\nBody colour: Reddish buff.\nGlaze: Bluish cream on the interior.  Underside unglazed.\nShape: Handle rounded on inside, concave on outside.  Very slightly concave on underside.  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They were highly prized in England and owners often added silver mounts to enhance their value. The initials and date on these mounts may commemorate the marriage in London of Ellis Beverley and Mary Price in 1618.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.67-1928"],"accessionNumberNum":"67","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1928,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"<u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.","id":"THES50964"},"number":"M4."}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1302","2019LR2512","2019LR0953","2019LP0772","2019LR5543","2019LU7670","2019LV6193"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2000-01-29","availableToBook":false}}