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Plate, earthenware, octagonal in shape, rounded foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, two concentric circles of embossed daisies to the rim, gadrooned edge to the outer rim; transfer-printed in black and lightly overpainted in orange, yellow and blue with to the centre of the well a scene showing a male figure in bishop's robes blessing a small child which he holds in his arms, behind him stands another figure dressed as a priest, an urn stands in the centre of the scene to the other side of which are one standing and two kneeling figures, pillars and swagged curtains frame the scene at either side, over the scene hovers a large eye within a halo of radiating lines, to the bottom of the scene is the curving inscription "THE BISHOP OF HELLOPOLIS", an irridescent pink lustre band to the outer rim.