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Jug, earthenware, standing on a spreading foot-rim, globular body, cylindrical neck, raised plain beak spout, plain loop handle; transfer-printed in blue with to one side of the body the inscription "ROYAL ASSENT / TO THE / REFORM / BILL / 7 JUNE 1832" within a cartouche of scrolls and foliage, to the other side of the body the inscription "THE PURITY OF THE CONSTITUTION RESTORED" printed in a curve over a scene showing a recumbent lion between two pillars on one of which is printed "LORDS / MAJY 84" and on the other "COMMONS / MAJY 116", a pair of scales and a crown with a radiant halo float over the scene, "1832" is printed below the scene, to the exterior and interior of the neck are alternating designs of a pair of clasped hands within a cartouche of foliage and a spray of flowers and foliage, a runnning border of small flowers and foliage to the handle.