Mediterranean And Hand Made - A Balearic Jug

This is a hand made and decorated pot, by which I take it to mean it was made by a person operating some machines rather than automatically produced. It certainly wasn’t entirely made by hand but at the least a spinning wheel and punch were used.
Of course hand made doesn’t always equate to quality, sometimes [...]

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A Wine Jug - The Grape Vine Vase

I laughed when I first saw this jug, I couldn’t help it. I just couldn’t believe that anyone could make something quite so bad.
I’m really not sure if it’s supposed to be a vase, or if it really is intended for decanting your wine into. I just can’t picture it at a graceful dinner party [...]

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Apple Pie Anyone? - A Cream Jug

I’m not certain that this is intended as a vase, or as a jug for cream to pour over your apple pie!
I’m inclined towards the former simply on the basis that anything made in the last decade or so should be dishwasher safe if it’s for food use, and this has nothing to indicate that [...]

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Over The Top - A Pink Jug With Flowers

There is just no way you can take this vase seriously! It’s got everything, and having too much often isn’t a good thing!
The vase itself is so overly juggy, that it’s almost a caricature of a jug - a hugely oversized handle, a curving spout and a neck that looks like a Victorian lady’s waist [...]

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E T B Radford Gone Wrong - A Badly Shaped Jug

Edward Thomas Brown Radford has a lot to answer for, not least of which is this jug. It was nice of him to sign the bottom so that we know who was responsible, but if it was me I’d have probably refrained from owning up to it!
It’s not the decoration, although it’s a typical Radford [...]

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A Silly Little Handle - A Red Glass Jug

There a nice reds, and there are other reds, and this vase is sadly one of the other reds.
It should be a great little red vase, but the red needed to be a little deeper and why the heck did the make find it necessary to stick a silly little handle on the side? All [...]

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Black And Grey Streaks - A Pink Fruity Jug

There is always going to be vases which aren’t too bad and others which are truly foul. This one sits firmly in the truly foul category!
Looking at it is bad enough, but when you touch the vase anywhere, even on the handle, the surface is horribly pitted. It feels a bit like dried up orange [...]

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Seaside Fun - A Penguin Vase

I’m not sure that I should associate just any penguin with Pingu, but I can’t help it! I’m pretty sure this isn’t meant to be Pingu as the head isn’t round as Pingu’s is, but this is still very much a child’s vase!
It’s got everything, a penguin, seaweed, fish, a whale, a crab, a turtle, [...]

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Mottled Green - A Ghastly Jug

This is just gross! There’s no pattern, it’s not even smooth, it was a fairly decent jug but they’ve just ruined it!
How do I even give you an idea just how foul this vase feels let alone looks? The glaze is as if it was icing on a cake which was mixed with [...]

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Flourescent Green - A Splodgey Jug

The very first time I picked up this vase I thought it was made of plastic, in fact it’s still hard to believe it’s actually ceramic! It’s so smooth to the touch and lightweight but I’m assured it really is breakable!
Of course breaking it wouldn’t be a bad move, the incredible oversized rim with the [...]

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