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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 'The Wolf and the Lamb', showing a group of boys in an alleyway between buildings overgrown with plants, the front two boys are preparing to fight, around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "THE WOLF AND THE LAMB", which is partially obscured by the frame, any border which may enclose the print is obscured by the frame. A brownish discolouration to the glaze, the glaze crazed. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black.