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Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape withconvex top, the flange and underside of the lid obscurerd by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'Peasant Boys' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a rural landscape with the figures of two poorly dressed children, one seated, one standing, and a small dog, around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "MURILLO PINX", the print enclosed by a circular border of arching lines which is partially obscured by the frame. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black, a circular piece of brown paper is stuck across the bottom of the frame.