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forward cock of the hat forms the spout. The hat and the 

 roses on the coat are of a dull purple, the breeches blue, and 

 the patterned edge of the plinth a faint green. 



Another favourite form of ornament, that at a pinch 

 might be used as a jug, is the cow and milkmaid. The red 

 and white cow's foolish open mouth is the spout, and the 

 milkmaid is the handle. The milk enters by the top of 

 her hat. Her bright red cheeks and smiling face may be 



taken as an attractive pre- 

 sentment of rustic beauty and 

 happiness. These cow -jugs 

 were in a considerable number 

 of patterns. Of late they 

 have attracted the attention of 

 collectors, at least of the class 

 of collector who buys old 

 cottage things, because there 

 is a kind of fashion that 

 impels them to do so, but who 

 have not much knowledge 

 or discrimination. These jugs are now being imitated, and 

 Toby -jugs also, and are sold as the genuine articles of the 

 eighteenth century to this unwary public, that also buys 

 with avidity, as the true coloured mezzotints of Morland, 

 the frauds that are now bein" - turned out of clever Dutch 

 workshops. 



There is a delightful naivete about these cottage chimney 

 ornaments : the proud young couple with their baby, the 

 sentimental lady in the leg-of-mutton sleeves, the red and 

 white dog, the cat splashed with spots of black and dull 

 pink ; the little house with blue roof and green door, 

 and the heads of two children looking out of two top 

 windows. 



Cow -Jug 



