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collection of Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Shape Type
Breakfast & Tea Wares
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1825-1830
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.30 in (43.94 cm)
  • Height: 9.30 in (23.62 cm)
Maker
John & William Ridgway

Maker's Mark:

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Description:

A bone china slop bowl from a tea service; it is decorated with a purple printed design that appears on each side of the bowl.  The pattern depicts a young woman on a seesaw balanced at the other end by cupid, perhaps symbolic of the ups and downs of love!Painted in red on the base is a fractional pattern number, typical of those found

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