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Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and convex top, the flange and underside of the lid partially obscurerd by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of Shakespeare's Birthplace (Exterior)' (although this exact title is not recorded on the lid, showing a street scene with a crowd of figures in the foreground and a row of medieval-style buildings in the background, one of which has an inn sign printed with the inscription "SWAN INN", around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "SHAKSPEARE'S HOUSE HENLEY ST / STRATFORD ON AVON", the print enclosed by a circular pearl dot border which is partially obscured by the frame. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black.