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Pot-lid
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 'Hauling the Trawl' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a seascape with figures in sailing boats hauling in fishing nets, the print enclosed by a narrow circular ropework border. The glaze crazed, the flange chipped. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32786
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1860 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
diam
(cm): 15.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 6
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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