Garden collection grows
It might not look much, but the humble unglazed earthenware vessel, pictured right, is believed to be the earliest form of watering pot made in Britain. It’s also the precursor to the metal watering can that did not adopt its recognisable shape until the 17th century.
In The Gardeners Labyrinth of 1577 – the first English gardening book – Thomas Hill describes a simi…