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Pot-lid
Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with convex top, the flange and underside of the lid obscured by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'Charity' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a cornfield setting with two seated female figures holding three naked children with sheaves of corn, a jug, a bowl and a hayrake around them, 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 circular piece of torn brown card is stuck across the bottom of the frame.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32880
Creation/Production
Cauldron Pottery
Date: 1850-1860 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.3
diam
(cm): 14.8
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
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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