A dated Caughley blue and white cabbage leaf jug c.1782

A dated Caughley blue and white cabbage leaf jug c.1782, printed with the Fisherman pattern to each side and around the neck, below the spout inscribed 'Manlove Vernon Lawrence 1782', printed S mark, 23.2cm.

Exhibited: Caughley Bicentenary Exhibition, Ironbridge, 1999, no. 343.

Manlove Vernon Lawrence of Leese Hill, Uttoxeter, was christened in Shropshire on 4th January 1782, the eldest son of Ellen Hartshorne and the Reverend Thomas Lawrence. His unusual Christian name and his middle name came from his grandmother, Ellen Vernon (née Manlove) from whom his mother inherited her vast estate. He married Miss Ann Brindley in 1809.