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Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and convex top; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print, with additional overglaze cloours possibly added by hand, of 'May Day Dancers at the Swan Inn' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a crowd of figures, some dancing or playing musical instruments, in front of a large building with a swan painted on a inn sign, the print enclosed by a simple circular black line border. The flange chipped.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32835
Creation/Production
Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Austin, Jesse
Date: 1860 ca –
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 9.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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