John Barleycorn & John Bull Majolica Character Jugs
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Sarreguemines Majolica John Barleycorn & John bull character jugs with John bull John known as 'grotesque 3257' modelled with rosey cheeks, muttonchops & an upturned hungry collar, Barleycorn known as 'Grotesque 3181' modelled with rosey cheeks & wearing a white hat with a blue band.
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- Grotesque - Grotesque decoration is any fanciful ornament applied to furniture and decorative arts, and includes distorted faces, mythical animals such as satyrs and sphinxes and less frequently fantastical fruit and flower forms.
The Martin Brothers who set up their pottery at the end of the nineteenth century in Southall, Middlesex derived their fame from their hand made models of grotesque stoneware birds.
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