This ladle is transfer printed in dark blue with the image of a dog in a central reserve, with a border of cartouches containing a beaver, an otter, and a rat.
ladles
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
beaver (animal)
dog (animal)
mustelid
rat (animal)
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Quadrupeds
Dog
Beaver
Otter
Rat
Ladle
Printed on bottom: ""I HALL/ QUADRUPEDS""
Quadrupeds
1971.385AC
Hall & Sons, John (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
1971.385.1C
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