Jug, white stoneware with hinged lid in Britannia metal, 'Amphitrite', relief-moulded scenes against a blue ground featuring water nymphs, mermaids and Amphitrite, the wife of Poseidon (Neptune), with a triton mask forming the lower handle terminal; bas

Jug, white stoneware with hinged lid in Britannia metal, 'Amphitrite', relief-moulded scenes against a blue ground featuring water nymphs, mermaids and Amphitrite, the wife of Poseidon (Neptune), with a triton mask forming the lower handle terminal; base, combined factory and registered design mark with encoded date of 13th June 1856 impressed on an applied pad, made by Charles Meigh and Son, Old Hall Pottery, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1856+
the hinged lid carries the impressed makers' mark of Atkin Brothers, Truro Works, Matilda Street, Sheffield