Hi Diane Kelly!
I have just registered on RootsChat.com to chat with you, so I don't really know what i am doing, hope you get this. My name is Grant Wilkinson and I live in New Zealand. my parents have passed away, so time has passed now and today I decided to go through all my Mum and Dad's boxes that have been in storage, I came across a few boxes of antique silver from Bristol, some date back to mid 18 hundreds and I must say, pretty ugly stuff, but hand made an all. This is when things get a little interesting, in one of the boxes there was a leather case, as a child I remember this case on a shelf at my Grandmothers house, I opened it and yes, more ugly silver, a tea set, also made in Bristol, I picked up the sugar bowl and opened the lid, inside there was little jug that didn't look like it belong to the set, I think mum may have stuck it in there to keep it safe maybe, then I noticed some writing on the not so ugly little jug, it read.... John.B.Wilkinson Year 1846. Birmingham Railway. thank you for your effort. that is engraved on it. My Grandfather was from Cambridge England, he was a shoe maker I think? The jug being so old, who knows, what a strange day, jumped on Google for hours and came across your post, I want to know more now, My Dad was a very private man, all I know is my Grandfather was Charles Wilkinson from Cambridge. this little jug has became very personal to me now, I think I will sell the ugly stuff though
hope you can suggest how i could find out more about the story of this little jug.
Cheers
Grant