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Pot-lid
Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and slightly rounded top; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'Bears at School' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a rural setting with in the foreground a bear dressed in a coat and holding a cane grasping another bear by the ear, beyond are two bears sitting on stools and studying, in the background another bear watches over the scene, the scene enclosed by a circular line and dot border overpainted with a yellow band, a beige discolouration to the glaze.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32777
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 1.9
diam
(cm): 7.7
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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