An English pottery blue and white oviform jug
printed with a frieze of the London engine pulling a Mail train, the coaches inscribed VICTORIA, CORONATION, LONDON ROYAL MAIL LIVERPOOL, below a trellis pattern border, circa 1838 (minor rubbing to rims and slight staining) -- 14cm. high See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, op. cit., p.166, pl.246; also see John May, op. cit., p.68, pls.104 and 105.
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