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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 'Preparing for the Ride' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a grey horse being held by a male figure and two other male figures, one with a plumed hat, standing on a terrace against an Italianate landscape, any border which may enclose the print is obscured by the frame. The glaze crazed. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black, a piece of torn brown paper is stuck across the bottom of the frame.