Lot Essay
Possibly made to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria, or in celebration of her 21st birthday.
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DATED 1840, IMPRESSED W. POWELL, BRISTOL TO THE FRONT
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A MASSIVE WILLIAM POWELL STONEWARE DATED JUG
DATED 1840, IMPRESSED W. POWELL, BRISTOL TO THE FRONT
Applied with the Royal coat of arms and two recumbent lions above an equestrian figure flanked by two horses, and applied with further smaller Royal coats of arms, vignettes of bucolic figures, huntsmen and classical figures merry-making and playing instruments, beneath a band of fruiting vine and above a stiff leaf band, small aperture to the lower section
44½ in. (113 cm.) high
DATED 1840, IMPRESSED W. POWELL, BRISTOL TO THE FRONT
Applied with the Royal coat of arms and two recumbent lions above an equestrian figure flanked by two horses, and applied with further smaller Royal coats of arms, vignettes of bucolic figures, huntsmen and classical figures merry-making and playing instruments, beneath a band of fruiting vine and above a stiff leaf band, small aperture to the lower section
44½ in. (113 cm.) high
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