Brown Glazed Stoneware Puzzle Jug antique tramp art frame really gets me

really gets me

Poirer's work often included riddles and rebuses

like they always existed in the ether and were just waiting to be put to paper

It's the work of Emile Bluteau (1931-

Brown Glazed Stoneware Puzzle Jug antique tramp art frame really gets meI did not know about puzzle jugs until I found this piece, but have since learned there is a long history of vessels like this the earliest example British and dating back to the 1300s with holes around the lip, designed to frustrate anyone who should try to pour or drink from them, and typically with text on the body of the vessel taunting someone to try. The incised text on this one reads: "Come gentlemen and try your skill I'll hold a wager if you