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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 'A Fix', showing two seated male figures playing draughts at a table outside a cottage door while a female figure holding a small child looks on to one side, a broom is propped against a barrel to the other side, around the bottom of the scene is the inscription "A. FIX", the print enclosed by a narrow circular line border. The glaze crazed, the flange slightly chipped.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32852
Creation/Production
Pratt, F. & R.and Co.
Date: 1860-1870 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 20/1/1981
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 10.9
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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