Looking at suburban Cheam today it is amazing to think that in medieval times this was a hive of industry with multiple pottery kilns turning out hundreds of jugs, cooking pots and storage vessels ...

Explore the art of crafting terracotta jugs through the slip casting method, where precision meets creativity. This process involves shaping the clay using molds, followed by firing in a pottery kiln ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

This object was made when the cruel sport of bear baiting was still legal in this country.Brown bear jugs like this one were hand made by the stoneware potters in Nottingham in the mid 18th century.

Yet the pieces are more commonly associated with the British Dartmouth Pottery, which first gave the jug its fish-shaped design. A special pair of gurgling jugs was crafted in 1958 for ...