The first dedicated published study on the harvest jug tradition of North Devon and the West Country goes on sale this September.
Written by John Edgeler, curator of the Winchcombe Archive Collection Trust in Gloucestershire (home to one of the largest collections of early studio slipwares made by potter Michael Cardew), A Harvest of Jugs contains over 150 coloured illustrations charting 300 years of production, from one of the earliest surviving examples in the 1660s to their influence on 20th century studio pottery design.