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Jug, earthenware, standing on an octagonal square-sided foot-rim, pouch-shaped body composed of eight bulbous panels separated by vertical incised lines, tapering inwards at the shoulder then widening to a cylindrical neck which flares slightly to the lip-rim, the lip-rim lobed, raised beak spout, spurred and scrolled handle with raised thumb spur and acanthus leaf moulding along its length; transfer-printed in blue with to the body the 'Oriental Basket' pattern, a tall-stemmed bowl containing flowers in the foreground with exotic birds to either side of it, in the background a pseudo-oriental landscape with Oriental shipping and Oriental buildings, a border of flowers and foliage around the bottom portion of the scene, wide border to the interior and exterior neck of flower heads and foliage on a stippled blue ground, short border to the handle of small semicircles, diamond shapes and looping lines on a stipple blue band.