▁St ▁Mary ' s ▁Church , ▁L ut on , ▁or ▁his ▁great - ne p hew ▁John ▁W en lock , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron ▁W en lock , ▁whose ▁brick - built ▁man or ▁house ▁Som eries ▁Castle ▁is ▁near ▁L ut on . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁Thomas ▁William ▁F erm or , ▁ 4 th ▁Earl ▁of ▁Pom f ret , ▁possibly ▁acquired ▁by ▁anti qu arian ▁Henri etta ▁Louis a ▁F erm or . ▁ ▁The ▁jug ▁was ▁sold ▁by ▁Alexander ▁F erm or - H esk eth , ▁ 3 rd ▁Baron ▁H esk eth ▁at ▁S othe by ' s ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁along ▁with ▁other ▁articles ▁from ▁East on ▁N eston ▁in ▁North am pt ons hire . ▁ ▁It ▁reached ▁£ 5 6 8 , 0 0 0 , ▁six ▁times ▁the ▁top ▁au ction e er ' s ▁estimate ▁of ▁£ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁£ 8 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁tried ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁jug ▁from ▁the ▁bu yer , ▁but ▁a ▁temporary ▁export ▁ban ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁allowed ▁L ut on ▁Museum ▁to ▁raise ▁£ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁match ▁the ▁price ▁and ▁ac quire ▁it ▁instead , ▁fund ed ▁by ▁£ 1 3 7 , 5 0 0 ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Art ▁Col lections ▁Fund ,