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Comport, earthenware, oval dish on a stem base with an oval spreading foot, one loop handle that curves slightly in on itself and which terminates on the underside of the dish; the handle, the underside and the top side of the rim are decorated with a wide border of acorns and foliage, the central reserve is circled by a gilt line border and is printed with "Highland Music" which is a scene copied from a painting by Landseer, the scene is of a domestic interior where a man dressed in a kilt is seated to the right playing the bagpipes while his four dogs on the left/centre look on, the foot is banded with a green waved border in between two gilt line borders and the edge of the rim is gilded.