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Introduction
Every home should have one
How did they do that?
- Why decorate?
  - Bottle
  - Two teapots
  - Jugs
  - Urn and cover
  - Table
- Skin deep
- Cut away
- Build and shape
- Body Beautiful
Putting on the style

Urn and cover

Earthenware, probably made in Staffordshire, about 1810-1820

The transfer-printed pattern on this urn is known as the 'Lakeside Meeting'. As the urn is so large, the pattern was repeated many times to cover its surface.

Provenance unknown.