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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 'Alas! Poor Bruin', showing young boys taunting a bear against a townscape with building bearing the signs 'SCHOOL FOR BOYS' and 'THE BEAR INN', around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "ALAS! POOR BRUIN", the scene enclosed by a circular line and dot border. The glaze badly crazed, the flange cracked.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32774
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2
diam
(cm): 7.7
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
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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