Artist: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, factory; Date(s): circa 1955 - 1960; Classification(s): earthenware, jug, moulding, Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), printed in black and banded in blue, green and pink in onglaze enamels; Acquisition: given by Batchelor, Sir Ivor and Lady, 1992-04-27, Given by Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor [C.72A-1992]
Description: Cream-coloured earthenware (Queen's ware), printed in black and banded in blue, green and pink in onglaze enamels. Pear-shaped with loop handle and sparrow-beak spout, standing on a footring. Decorated on the side with an inscription, 'Oranges & Lemons/Say the bells of St Clements'. The 'O' in the form of a vignette showing a man and a girl picking fruit accompanied by a little girle, and the 'L in the shape of a church. The '&' is shown as a bell rope. Above and below there is a border of pendant bells banded in green.
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