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Pearlware wash basin with blue transfer-printed scene of a large manor house set in a wooded park with a lake. Three groups of figures and two dogs in foreground. Entwined leaf and vine border on body of basin and around rim.
basins (vessels)
pearlware
transfer printing
glazing (coating)
Washbasin
Washbasin
"F.M. & Co. / SHELTON / VISTA" (printed on a banner with a standing lion above) (Printed in blue)
VISTA
A1598
Francis Morley & Co. (Manufacturer)
Stoke-on-Trent, England
4 1/2 (H), 13 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Museum Accession
1988.591
Stoke-on-Trent (England, United Kingdom) [unitary authority]
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