Handmade Botanical Sgraffito Earthenware Milk Jug

Bring nature to your breakfast table with this ceramic milk jug, A handmade earthenware milk jug by Bristol ceramicist Wendy Calder, featuring a two-tone glaze with a hand-carved botanical design — choose from cow parsley, allium, or dandelion. Each jug is thrown on the wheel, the base turned when leather-hard, then a pulled handle attached; white slip is applied and the sgraffito technique used to reveal the design, before the jug is bisque fired to 1000°C and finished with a transparent glaze fired to 1160°C for a lovely toasty red finish.

Holding around 350ml and measuring 9.5cm high by 8cm wide, it's the perfect size for milk with your morning coffee or gravy alongside a Sunday roast — customers regularly tell me it's the best-pouring jug they've owned. Dishwasher and microwave safe, though hand washing is recommended to keep the glaze looking its best over time. Pairs beautifully with the matching sgraffito coffee mugs.