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Jug, earthenware, standing on a thickly rounded foot-rim, bulbous body composed of six convex panels divided by vertical incised lines, cylindrical neck flaring slightly to the mouth, lobed lip-rim, wide elongated beak spout, high loop handle with raised foliate moulded thumb-spur, a band of moulded anthemions to the shoulder and to the exterior lip-rim and spout, a moulded foliate motif to the underside of the spout and beneath the handle; transfer-printed in black with to either side of the exterior body two different fishing scenes showing several small figures and a river, against a rural landscape with buildings and trees, to the exterior neck two different garden scenes both with a female figure, a small child and a dog, and with a house and trees in the background, two black bands to the exterior lip-rim and spout, black anthemions and further black markings to the handle, a chip to one side of the lip-rim from which a crack spreads down the neck.