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Royal Doulton Village Blacksmith Presentation Pitcher Number 1

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Royal Doulton Village Blacksmith Presentation Pitcher Number 1
Rare "Village Blacksmith" pitcher with ahighly detailed and very colorful presentation of the village blacksmith working while a group of children walk by. This jug was housed in the Royal Doulton Museum and one of the very first editions of its time.
The Village Blacksmith idealizes the image of the hard-working smithy at toil in a sleepy village. Two verses in particular are well illustrated on the jug: Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands And the children coming home from school look in the open door They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing floor Featured on the base of the handle is a milestone with the poems title on one side and LONG-FELLOW 1842 on the reverse, the date of the poems publication in Ballads and other poems. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807- 1882) was born in Portland, Maine, USA. He became a professor of modern languages at Harvard and travelled extensively in Europe, being the guest of Dickens in 1842. #longfellow #blacksmith #forge

Artist: Charles Noke
Issued: 1936
Dimensions: 7.75"H
Edition Number: 1 of 600 Manufacturer: Royal Doulton
Country of Origin: England
Provenance: David Bearman Collection