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Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and convex top, the flange and underside of the lid partially obscured by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'The Shrimpers' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a coastal landscapw with in the foreground the figures of several children shrimping with nets and sticks, in the background houses and boats pulled up on the shore, any border which may enclose the print is obscured by the frame. A brownish discolouration to the glaze, the glaze crazed. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black.