To help move our decluttering plans along Mrs T went with a friend to a local auction to see if it might be somewhere we could sell stuff.
That ‘with a friend’ bit is nearly always a danger sign, so it was not a total surprise when she came back with this rather nice 1930s/40s jug. This was where it stayed while she was deciding on a permanent home for it.
Reflections 
What a fantastic jug, a great story and photo Trifocal! 🙂
Thank you! It is a big jug, perhaps for flowers originally? I find it hard to see what colour of flowers/leaves would go well with it though. Mrs T usually just uses the jugs as decorations though so it is not a problem 🙂
LOL, sounds like something I would do but on the positive side the jug is awesome and I would surely use it as a prop in some black and white photos 🙂
Hadn’t thought of b/w for it, but I agree 🙂
Oh, I know that selling/buying dilemma! I’ve been caught up in that one more than once.
Have to confess- me too!
I was also doing that. In the U.S. they have a TV show called “The Antiques Roadshow” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/
I love to watch it because it shows how art historians study the antiques to determine their actual value in the market.
Mrs T watches that programme over here too. Apparently one effect over the years has been that people have got a much better idea of what things were worth, so the dealers had a harder time making big profits. One thing UK dealers did in the 70s was export ship container-loads of antiques to the States. Just out of curiosity I checked the internet and it is still going on. For instance a firm called Lenten Hall Antiques advertises that:
‘We offer containers suited to your individual market requirement and budget, therefore costing can vary significantly depending on the quality/age of items you want. A 40ft container (175 items approx.) can start at as little as $10,000 (US Dollars) right up to $50,000 plus. Its all down to your individual requirements and specification; where the more you spend the older and better quality items you buy.
A $10-16,000 container would typically consist of post 1920s furniture with a few older items mixed in and some bric-a-brac depending on your preference and market requirements.’
Makes you wonder how much stuff there can be still left to sell; 175 bits of furniture sounds like about a complete house full to me 🙂
cool jug = and it looks like it is in mint condition. wow – hope you find the right home. 🙂
Mrs T did find a good spot for it in the end, in the scullery, but it is not there atm as we are having the room redecorated 🙂
Love all the greens in the photo, no wonder she put it there. I somehow want to pour milk from this jug (not that we’d ever have anywhere near that amount of milk in this mostly vegan house;).
I see what you mean; it does look rather pastoral now you mention it. But it would indeed be a big jug for milk; more Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs size than Mrs T and I plus occasional visitors 🙂
It’s beautiful, and I would have been attracted to it too!
Yes, Mrs T likes it a lot. Have to confess I found it a bit overpowering on the desk, but she has since put it and some other jugs on a high shelf in the scullery. It goes very well there against the white wall I think.