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They were intended for serving beer.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The potter John Turner (died 1787) of Lane End, Staffordshire, is said to have discovered around 1780 a vein of clay which provided him with a highly refined creamy-white stoneware body from which he made large numbers of crisply potted and decorated jugs. As one of the leading potters of his day (he was appointed Potter to the Prince of Wales in 1784) he also had a retail outlet in London, from where he sold his wares, including the stoneware jugs which were often mounted in silver or Sheffield plate. On his death, his refined stonewares continued to be made by his sons John & William until their bankruptcy in 1806. By this time the excellence of his stonewares had been not only equalled by rivals such as the Adams factory at Tunstall, Staffordshire (William Adams, active from 1779; died 1805; and his son  Benjamin Adams, died 1821), but a new semi-translucent stoneware body containing porcelain ingredients had been developed for jugs and teawares.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>The use of beer jugs to promote political causes extended back to the 1770s, when overglaze black prints in huge profusion were added to creamwares and Pearlwares. The motifs on spigged white stonewares were, however, usually allegorical or concerned with sports and pastimes. This apparently unique and slightly ambiguous jug may have therefore been commissioned by a prosperous client involved in the anti-slavery campaign, which was highly unpopular in many quarters, for example seaports such as Bristol and Liverpool, both busily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.","physicalDescription":"Jug of cream-coloured stoneware, partly covered with a brown glaze, with applied decoration in low relief; on the front is a figure of Britannia succouring a slave. Bulbous body, cylindrical neck horizontally reeded. On either side of the group is a tree and round the shoulder is a wreath of vine with grapes.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Turner, John","id":"A8933"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"stoneware","id":"x30197"}],"techniques":[{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Dry-bodied cream-coloured stoneware, with brown lead-glazed neck","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Slavery & Abolitionism","id":"THES49008"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM5193"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"120 (VA)","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA11","shelf":"","box":"8"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jug","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lane End","id":"x40513"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1800","earliest":"1795-01-01","latest":"1804-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"23.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"19.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'TURNER'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Impressed"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jug, dry-bodied cream-coloured stoneware, with brown lead-glazed neck, made by John Turner, Lane End, Longton, Staffordshire, ca. 1800","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Britannia","id":"N1377"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"trees","id":"AAT132410"},{"text":"vines","id":"AAT132406"},{"text":"slaves","id":"AAT230899"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis jug represents Britannia offering comfort to a slave. It links a traditional patriotic symbol with the new movement  for the abolition of slavery. After the loss of the American colonies in 1783, attitudes in Britain to slavery began to change rapidly. The British slave trade was finally abolished in 1807.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Jug depicting motifs relating to the anti-slavery campaign\nMade at the factory of John Turner, Lane End, Staffordshire, about 1800\nMark: 'TURNER', impressed\nStoneware\n\n2510-1901 Jermyn Street Collection","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}},{"text":"Text written about this object for 'Uncomfortable Truths / Traces of the Trade' gallery trails (Trail 4: 'Representing Slavery & Abolitionism'), 20 February - 31 December 2007. Helen Mears & Janet Browne.\r\n\r\n'JUG SHOWING BRITANNIA OFFERING COMFORT TO A SLAVE / The use of beer jugs to promote political causes extended back to the 1770s. The motifs were usually allegorical or concerned with sports and pastimes. By contrast, this jug shows the ending of the slave trade. It depicts the patriotic image of Britannia 'offering comfort' to a kneeling African slave. Apparently unique, the jug may have been commissioned by a prosperous client involved in the anti-slavery campaign. This was highly unpopular in many quarters, especially Bristol and Liverpool, which were actively involved in the transatlantic slave trade.'","date":{"text":"20/02/2007","earliest":"2007-02-20","latest":"2007-02-20"}}],"partNumbers":["2510-1901"],"accessionNumberNum":"2510","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1901,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR2928","2019LP8073","2019LU2197"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}