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Pot-lid
Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with cylindrical flange and convex top; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'The Seven Ages of Man', consisting of seven circular panels reserved against a puce diaper ground, showing from the top left to the bottom right a male figure in various stages of life from infancy through to old age, around the edge of the lid is the inscription "THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN / AS YOU LIKE IT ACT II SCENE VII", the whole of the print enclosed by a circular yellow band. The glaze crazed and wear to the flange.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32833
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1860 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 10.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
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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