Museum jug smash: Search for boy to give good news following repairs – BBC News
Staff at Ipswich’s Christchurch Mansion want the boy to know the 18th Century Delftware puzzle jug he knocked off a window ledge last summer has been fixed.
Thanks to a conservation officer’s efforts, each of the 65 pieces it broke into have been painstakingly glued.
A campaign has begun to find the boy who is thought to be aged about five.
Councillor Carole Jones hopes the little boy will see the story of the broken jug has a “happy ending”.
Let’s spread this and see if he gets to see the completed work!
I feel so sorry for this boy! It’s also accepted that museum workers will eventually break an object – everybody makes mistakes.