Jug, white earthenware, with hinged pewter lid marked James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the outside coated in blue slip and decorated with two classical figure groups printed onto a conforming opaque cream-colour ground; base, printed registered design mar

Jug, white earthenware, with hinged pewter lid marked James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the outside coated in blue slip and decorated with two classical figure groups printed onto a conforming opaque cream-colour ground; base, printed registered design mark with encoded date of 20th November 1874, made by F and R Pratt and Co, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874+
the printed figure groups are derived from two marble reliefs by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, 'Spring/Childhood' and 'Autumn/Manhood', both 1836
Jug, white earthenware, with hinged pewter lid marked James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the outside coated in blue slip and decorated with two classical figure groups printed onto a conforming opaque cream-colour ground; base, printed registered design mar
Jug, white earthenware, with hinged pewter lid marked James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, the outside coated in blue slip and decorated with two classical figure groups printed onto a conforming opaque cream-colour ground; base, printed registered design mar