Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900, A Guide for Collectors (1972), pp. 128 and 129 for a discussion of related wares.
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CIRCA 1810
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A Staffordshire pottery yellow-ground commemorative jug
Circa 1810
Commemorating Sir Francis Burdett's arrest and commital to the Tower of London, printed with a portrait of the M.P., half length, holding a scroll titled 'Magna Carta', titled, in a laurel, inscribed to the reverse and below the spout, the neck painted in shades of black with a band of leaves (chip to spout)
8in. (20cm.) high
Circa 1810
Commemorating Sir Francis Burdett's arrest and commital to the Tower of London, printed with a portrait of the M.P., half length, holding a scroll titled 'Magna Carta', titled, in a laurel, inscribed to the reverse and below the spout, the neck painted in shades of black with a band of leaves (chip to spout)
8in. (20cm.) high
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