Jug, earthenware, with a grating before the lip suggesting it was intended for fruit punch, decorated with 'Vintage' design, a relief-moulded pattern of vines and a crabstock handle; base, two moulded cartouches and registered design mark with encoded d

Jug, earthenware, with a grating before the lip suggesting it was intended for fruit punch, decorated with 'Vintage' design, a relief-moulded pattern of vines and a crabstock handle; base, two moulded cartouches and registered design mark with encoded date of 26th May 1846, made by Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1846+
the two cartouches on the base are inscribed with the pattern number 305 and notice of the award of a prize from the Society of Arts in 1846