Topic: cream jug?

[bat20]

Hi all,this is probably something no one collects,apart from me!,it's a 8cm jug used for cream maybe with a cut pattern that seems to run out of steam, only going halfway around ,it has a polished pontil and a few very small bits in it.Would i be wrong if i guessed at 1840ish?..thanks again.

[Paul S.]

yes, most probably  -  it's more likely to be 1940, or later still  -  sorry to disappoint.              People do collect milk jugs, but the interest is mostly in pressed examples, or those with more substantial cutting from well known makers.

[Paul S.]

meant to add.............      looking at your picture there is one very obvious reason why this isn't c. 1840 (aside from the type of cutting).....
and this is to do with the method of handle attachment.              Prior to c. 1860 handles were started at the top of the piece, and finished at the bottom - often with a small folded over frilly terminal.         
More recent pieces, like yours, were made by starting the handle at the lower end (often thickly) and then drawing up to attach a thinner section near the top of the item.            

[bat20]

DOH!! ,thanks paul,still getting me pontils wrong