Little Pitcher have Big Ears

[Beko]

I have a 4" high "little pitcher with big ears" that I believe originally belonged to my grandmother.  I want to pass it on to a niece but would like some information on origin and value.  The base is white with 3 pink/green roses, gilded spout lip and large pink ear handles.  The company name is scripted in gilt on the bottom but can't read all the letters.  It's a fairly long name starting with "G" and may be two words.  The patent number is 154691.  I know the origin of the saying but can't find anything like it on line.  Can anyone help?

[syl]

Can you post some pictures including any marks or writing on it?

[Beko]

I'll give it a try later today but the process is new to me.

[KC]

"Young children often overhear something they should not. For example, Don't use any swear words around Brian--little pitchers have big ears. This metaphoric expression, which likens the curved handle of a pitcher to the human ear, was already in John Heywood's proverb collection of 1546."

This saying has been documented in many stories since then - mostly in the late 1800's to early 1900's.

[Beko]

I have spent a couple of hours trying to attach photo(s) but it either times out or tells me the file is too large.  Any suggestions?

[dhoppy]

crop your picturesto a size likr 5x7 that should help

[regularjoe2]

Welcome to the forum , Beko.

I regularly take digital images @ around 10 Megapixels and have to 'resize' the images for posting on-line .

Keep an eye out (in 'properties' of your image file(s) ) that the kilobytes count is down towards the 1000 number , or much lower (even down to 150 or so) , to post images here .

Thanks for trying so hard to post them .

[cogar]

I have spent a couple of hours trying to attach photo(s) but it either times out or tells me the file is too large.  Any suggestions?

The simplest solution is to "Save a Copy for E-mail or Web" and then upload the copy.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Upload your photos on to http://www.photobucket.com and then you can paste a link to the photos here. If you have any trouble you can email me the photos and I'll upload them. 

[Beko]

Here goes a try for the pictures.  I couldn't get a clear representation of the base of the piece.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Holy cats!!  You weren't kidding were you?!!! I was picturing something entirely different, thinking that the big ears would be represented in a more euphemistic way. This is quite literal!!!

[Beko]

Thanks for your help with the attachments.  You have all been very helpful.  The pitcher is great.  I've loved it since I was a kid.