Dense and Dark, Antique Memory Jug with Glass Stopper ventilator grate kept by a Harriet Humphries

kept by a Harriet Humphries

10" x 7" oil on canvas-covered artist board

expressed across every inch of this small sculpture

and this is the first of its kind that I've come across

Dense and Dark, Antique Memory Jug with Glass Stopper ventilator grate kept by a Harriet HumphriesA moody beauty of an antique memory jug, densely encrusted with all sorts of things, adding up to a really great surface and also a treasure hunt, and with glass stopper to boot. I don't often go for memory jugs, but I immediately jumped on this one. Lots of shells, nails and other hardware, part of a bone ruler, a porcelain doll head, a glass vial, all sorts of brass bits and bobs, buttons, and lots more. I especially like the miniature brass coffin