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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 'Harbour of Hong Kong', showing an oriental harbour scene with Chinese figures on a dirt track in the foreground and in the background oriental shipping on an expanse of water with distant mountains beyond, around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "HARBOUR OF HONG KONG", the scene enclosed by a black band. The glaze crazed.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32823
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1860-1870 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.4
diam
(cm): 10.7
Height
(in): 15
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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