NO. 3 EARTHENWARE JUG

According to one of Alfred Wallis's neighbours, the grocer delivered milk to Wallis each day, taking it round in a pitcher and measuring it into a jug which Wallis kept covered with a handkerchief.

Whether or not this is the jug in question, Wallis certainly made sure people knew it belonged to him by painting his initials on it. Later he painted over these, turning a simple household object into something that, to my eyes, is of great beauty.