Plymouth Gin Dartmouth Pottery

Black Friar Gin Monk Puzzle Jug

This Jug was produced around 1960 and has various holes and spouts, these have to be blocked off by the drinker, or else when the jug is drunk from, the liquid pours out and all over the drinker! If the contents were Plymouth Gin, What a waste!!.
At the time that this jug was made, Plymouth Gin was owned by Seager Evans who were using BLACK FRIAR as a trade name. This can also be seen on the Black Friar Extra Dry London Gin miniature in the Miniature Section

Black Friars Distillery Jug

Original Mould for the Black Friar Jug

Pictures courtesy of Keith Poole

Black Friar Gin Monk Ice Bucket

This was a barrel in the form of a Monk with a lid, intended for use as an ice bucket.

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Dartmouth Pottery Knight with "Plymouth Man" the on the base. c 1959. These Knights have been seen in Blue and Green.

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Original Mould for the "Plymouth Man" Knight

Original Pattern Block for the "Plymouth Man" Knight

NB These knights were produced after the Plymouth Gin promotion had finished without the wording on the base

Blue Knight and Knight Mould Pictures courtesy of Keith Poole

Plymouth Gin Mermaid Jug

Produced in the late 1960's/1970's. This Dartmouth Mermaid Jug was produced in two colours Brown and Sage Green. The jug features a Mermaid "kneeling" in a shell with her tail curled up to the back of her head, her hands are resting on the front of the shell which has "Plymouth Gin" moulded on the front. Interestingly, after the Plymouth Gin commission for this item ended, Dartmouth Pottery continued production without the "Plymouth Gin" wording.

Original Mould for the Plymouth Gin Mermaid

Mermaid Pictures Courtesy of Jim Crowe (http://www.whiskyjugs.com/)
Mould Picture Courtesy of Keith Poole

Plymouth Gin and Dartmouth Pottery
From the late 50's, Plymouth Gin commissioned Dartmouth Pottery and their sister company Britannia Designs to produce several Plymouth Gin promotional and advertising items. Most notable among these are the Fish or Gurgling Jugs and the International Code of Signals Dishes and as such, we have devoted pages to each of these items

So far we have identified several other items produced for Plymouth Gin by Dartmouth Potteries and Britannia Designs for Plymouth Gin, they are detailed here. There may be more, so if you have any information please let us know.

Plymouth Gin and Dartmouth Pottery