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Pot-lid
Pot-lid, earthenware, circular shape with convex top, the flange and underside of the lid obscured by the frame; the upperside of the lid decorated with an underglaze polychrome transfer-print of 'The Fisher Boy' (although this title is not recorded on the lid), showing a coastal scene with the figure of a young boy seated on a rock and fishing in the sea, a basket and several dead fish lie besides him on the rock, any border which may enclose the print is obscured by the frame. The glaze crazed. The pot-lid mounted for display in a close-fitting circular wooden frame painted black, a circular piece of torn brown card is stuck across the bottom of the frame.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32873
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1860-1890
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 11
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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