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This is a good time to try using a plastic milk jug as a tiny greenhouse, giving the seeds protection to start germinating (growing) outdoors from now until spring.
More than a millennia ago, a cat came upon a fresh piece of pottery in Jerusalem. It placed its paws upon the clay—which was still somewhat pliable—and pressed into it. Now, after carefully ...
The event was such a success, that the potters felt it was time a major national class face-jug pottery festival should be held in the Northern United States As Dan Norton, the unofficial head of ...
BBC - A History of the World - Object : Pottery drinking jug made in CheamThis type of medieval pottery is known as "Cheam ware", part of the broader tradition of "Surrey white ware", so called ...
Israeli archaeologists have discovered the oldest known artifact bearing traces of a cat's 'kneading' behavior—a fragment of a clay jug aged 1,200 years, excavated in Jerusalem. The imprint was ...
The not-so-little brown jug that appeared at the Tulsa, Oklahoma ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, contains some of the history of Alabama stoneware.
The jug itself is of black-glazed pottery and although an everyday item it still shows a careful degree of attention with a small sculpted head of a god on the handle and the decorative striping ...
Things got emotional in the first episode of Great Pottery Throw Down series 6, with judge Keith Brymer Jones in tears after binning a contestant’s milk jugs. The beloved Channel 4 competition ...
A: This is a water jug made for use in pubs, and dates from the 1950s. It was almost certainly made by the Dartmouth Pottery, who often used this fish design. Value would be about £30-£40. Many ...
A UK pottery company has unveiled two prototypes for a “flamboyant” Donald Trump Toby jug – after opting not to produce an orange-faced caricature. Bairstow Manor Collectables, based in ...
If you loved the soggy bottom jokes on Great British Bake Off, you'll really love the jug gags on The Great Pottery Throw Down says Kevin O'Sullivan ...