A small jug, some two and a half inches high, but a splendid specimen of
Potteries chinaware, was used for the wine by William Ward when he served
at Mass in one of his rooms before a church was built in Leek. When he moved
away to Stafford, and later to Wolverhampton, he took the little jug with him.
In Wolverhampton it lived under a glass case on top of a large marble time piece,
which in turn stood upon a large cabinet.
Many and happy must have been the remembrances that this jug recalled to his
mind when he gazed upon it.
In the year 1876 an accident occurred in which the jug was involved.
The large cabinet broke away from its fastenings and fell to the floor. William’s
granddaughter, Monica, rushed into the room to find the marble clock was
smashed to pieces. But what of the jug? There at the bottom of the debris,
was the small china jug, without so much as a chip or scratch on it!
Naturally, after this event the jug was looked upon with greater respect than ever!
Edited from a note by Br. Maurus Revill O.P.
