A large documentary pearlware jug dated 1839

A large documentary pearlware jug dated 1839, painted to one side with a figure on a barge, the barge inscribed 'J Yates Colton 18 tons' and 'Victoria', beneath the spout inscribed for 'Joseph Tomlinson Little Haywood 1839', the reverse with a spray of flowers, the handle restored, 26cm high.

The 1841 census lists Joseph Tomlinson as a publican in the village of Little Haywood, while p.621 of William White's History, Gazeteer and Directory of Staffordshire of 1834 mentions John Yates of Colton, "an extensive maltster and corn merchant". Possibly the latter commissioned this jug as a gift for the former.