Description
A fine quality antique pitcher with hand decorated coaching scenes. This documentary jug is inscribed JOHN.CARTER THOS.SIRGARD, KENDELL.UNION COACH. 1823.
Note(Wikapedia);
The Keighley and Kendal Turnpike was a road built in 1753 by a turnpike trust between Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kendal in Westmorland, England. The primary instigators were in Settle. The road followed a modified ancient route through Craven. It necessitated bridge widening, reorientation in the some of the towns it passed and the relocation of inns and stables. The road was of great benefit to commerce in the northwest but proved a financial loss as the cost of repairing wear caused by heavy traffic was underestimated. The trust’s records were lost when it closed.