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CF. J.&J. MAY, COMMEMORATIVE POTTERY 1780-1900 (1972), P.105, PL.174 FOR A TEAPOT FROM A SIMILAR SERVICE.
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AN ENGLISH BLACK BASALT MILK JUG
COMMEMORATING WELLINGTON'S VICTORY AT VITTORIA, 21ST JUNE 1813, THE SHAPED OBLONG BODY MOULDED WITH A BUST OF WELLINGTON FLANKED BY FIGURES OF BRITTANIA AND WINGED VICTORY, WITHIN AN OVAL PANEL, THE OTHER SIDE WITH AN INSCRIBED PANEL, THE GROUND MOULDED WITH LEAVES AND SCROLLS AND FAN PANELS, WITH A LION'S HEAD SPOUT AND SERPENT HANDLE, THE INTERIOR GLAZED, CIRCA 1815 -- 16.5CM. LONG
SEE COLOUR PLATE 8
COMMEMORATING WELLINGTON'S VICTORY AT VITTORIA, 21ST JUNE 1813, THE SHAPED OBLONG BODY MOULDED WITH A BUST OF WELLINGTON FLANKED BY FIGURES OF BRITTANIA AND WINGED VICTORY, WITHIN AN OVAL PANEL, THE OTHER SIDE WITH AN INSCRIBED PANEL, THE GROUND MOULDED WITH LEAVES AND SCROLLS AND FAN PANELS, WITH A LION'S HEAD SPOUT AND SERPENT HANDLE, THE INTERIOR GLAZED, CIRCA 1815 -- 16.5CM. LONG
SEE COLOUR PLATE 8