How do you clean the inside stains?

Warm soapy water usually suffices. Avoid harsh chemical cleaners that strip the thin metallic rims. Soft bottle brushes reach the interior safely. Air dry the piece on a towel.

I have inherited a silver-coloured jug from my grandmother with some kind of white flower pattern on it, but I don't know what it is?

You likely have a silver resist piece. Workers created these patterns by painting the flower design with a sticky substance like honey before applying the overall platinum wash. During the kiln firing, the painted substance burns away. This exposes the plain white glazed earthenware in the shape of the flowers, leaving them surrounded by the solid metallic background.

What are the pink verses about?

Most text on pink splash items takes the form of maritime poetry, Masonic rules, or moral maxims. Northern potteries printed these verses onto paper transfers which were applied to the body. Sailors bought them before leaving port. The text served as a constant reminder of absent friends for the families left behind.

My large copper pitcher has a band of rough blue clay around the middle with raised figures, was this normal for the period?

Coloured bands featuring applied reliefs turn up frequently on copper variations. A blue or mustard yellow section provided a flat matte contrast to the shiny metallic surfaces. Workers pressed wet clay into small plaster moulds to form the individual figures. They stuck these directly onto the damp coloured band before the whole vessel went into the kiln.

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Antique Lustre Jugs

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Antique lustre jugs are ceramic pitchers coated with a thin metallic film to imitate solid silver or copper, widely used in nineteenth-century British homes for serving ale or water.