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Jug, porcelain, spreading foot with moulded ridge above, ovoid body with a band of spiral fluting round the middle part, cylindrical neck with thickened rim, plain spout, simple scroll handle with thumbrest and lateral ridge; underglaze blue transfer-printed decoration comprising a crest of a tower crowned by a wreath on the front and repeated on a smaller scale on each side of the neck, below the spout the inscription, 'MAJORITY of 44 / IN the YEAR / 1796', on each side the inscription, 'HONOUR and HONESTY, / IOHN HILL for EVER, / PROSPERITY to THE / HOUSE of HAWKSTONE.'
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 38368
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22
Width
(cm): 18.5
diam
(cm): 14.1
Height
(in): 8
Width
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
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