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Pot-lid
Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and slightly rounded top; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'Bear Hunting' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a wilderness landscape with a crouching figure pointing a gun across a ravine at a family of bears, arounf the outside of the scene is printed the inscription "ROSS & SONS' GENUINE BEAR GREASE PERFUMED / 120 BISHOPSGATE STREET, LONDON", a gilt band around the rim. The glaze crazed with hairline cracks.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32775
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1845-1860
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 7.5
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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