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<p>[QUOTE="ascot, post: 6387122, member: 96"]I have 2 "sipping' jugs", each about 1 gallon size. First one appears to be an alkaline glaze. There's a half moon shaped indent that looks like it may have some lettering in it, but to me it looks like gibberish. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is ovoid shape. I believe it was handmade as you can feel the depressions from a hand or fingers in the clay. It does have an unusual blue-black band at the handle top and another beneath the handle. At first glance I thought it was a repair but it's not, definitely an added color. Maybe that's a clue to the maker?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help identifying would be great! Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>First one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/F9CD73BD-9DD2-4FD4-9DAE-BD610B9B21D6_1_201_a.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/B5B8D334-8EEC-46DF-BAAB-F8596F24F508.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/2A309DDD-0BE2-4960-9F68-0FDE77CA3ABA.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/9A41D893-16D4-4FB2-8513-0ACF145FCDDD_1_201_a.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Ovoid jug:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/39A927C8-4182-4E2D-816D-FC64F4848D6D_1_201_a.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/8B007FE4-6DC6-4B81-B8B8-F99532ACAC05_1_201_a.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/4EC71B6E-8A19-4968-9DED-4770ABA5C154.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/954C43B5-AE18-4292-8983-D3AB50B2384B_1_201_a.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ascot, post: 6387122, member: 96"]I have 2 "sipping' jugs", each about 1 gallon size. First one appears to be an alkaline glaze. There's a half moon shaped indent that looks like it may have some lettering in it, but to me it looks like gibberish. The second one is ovoid shape. I believe it was handmade as you can feel the depressions from a hand or fingers in the clay. It does have an unusual blue-black band at the handle top and another beneath the handle. At first glance I thought it was a repair but it's not, definitely an added color. Maybe that's a clue to the maker? Any help identifying would be great! Thank you! First one: [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/F9CD73BD-9DD2-4FD4-9DAE-BD610B9B21D6_1_201_a.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/B5B8D334-8EEC-46DF-BAAB-F8596F24F508.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/2A309DDD-0BE2-4960-9F68-0FDE77CA3ABA.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/9A41D893-16D4-4FB2-8513-0ACF145FCDDD_1_201_a.jpeg[/IMG] Ovoid jug: [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/39A927C8-4182-4E2D-816D-FC64F4848D6D_1_201_a.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/8B007FE4-6DC6-4B81-B8B8-F99532ACAC05_1_201_a.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/4EC71B6E-8A19-4968-9DED-4770ABA5C154.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/954C43B5-AE18-4292-8983-D3AB50B2384B_1_201_a.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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