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Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and convex top, the flange and underside of the lid partially obscured by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'England's Pride', showing a heraldic design with an elaborate shield shape with to the top the inscription "HONI QUI MAL Y PENSE" printed in a circle around a coat of arms with a lion and a unicorn to either side with a scrolling banner beneath them printed with the inscription "DIEU DROIT", to the centre of the shield shape is a head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria printed within an oval panel, around the bottom of the design is the inscription "ENGLAND'S PRIDE", the print enclosed by a broad circular fancy border. The glaze crazed. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black.