54 THE WEDGWOODS. 



" Gentlemen, now try your Skill, 

 I'll hold you Sixpence, if you will, 

 That you dont drink unless you Spil." 



Another one which I have seen has simply the charac- 

 teristic motto, 



" The Ale is good, taste," 



around it ; implying that it is of good taste if you can but 

 get it ! 



The accompanying is the representation of another puzzle 

 jug of Staffordshire make, and of different construction, 



preserved in the Jermyn Street Museum. It is, as will be 

 seen, pierced through the centre. 



In some instances a tube is passed from the handle down, 

 inside the jug, to the bottom, and thus adds to the difficulty 

 of drinking, 



" Without you spill or let some fall." 



In one in my own possession, too, the inside of the jug is 

 made funnel-shaped, with double sides, which is a very 

 unusual mode of construction. 



The same kind of ware as the Toft dishes, given on a pre- 

 ceding page, was made in the potteries throughout the latter 



