Pearlware figure of Britannia

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Date:1800 - 1815 (c.)

Description:Pearlware over-glaze painted figure, height 240mm . Britannia is the personification of Britain, shown as a woman with a shield, helmet and trident, accompanied by a lion. The figure is impressed on the reverse 'Britannia WOOD & CALDWELL'. Enoch Wood and James Caldwell were in partnership as pottery manufacturers in Burslem between about 1790 and 1818.

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Donor ref:1956.P.3 (159/20630)

Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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