Large jug - Roman figures & plum trees in relief (E0135)
Fair condition ( may have had a lid?)
Height: 300mm
Diameter at base: 160mm
Manufacture: Dale Hall Pottery - Longport - Parian ware
Year of manufacture: 2nd July 1850
Markings on base: T J & J Mayer - No96/6
Thomas, John and Joseph Mayer took over a pottery at Dale Hall sometime between 1836 and 1841. From 1843-55 they traded as T. J. & J. Mayer;
Date lozenge on base
Parian ware is a type of biscuit porcelain imitating marble. It was developed around 1845 by the Staffordshire pottery manufacturer Mintons, and named after Paros, the Greek island renowned for its fine-textured, white Parian marble, used since antiquity for sculpture.
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