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Image features a two handled ovoid vase with a lusterware glaze, ornamented in resist copper-colored decoration. Surface decoration consists of two heraldic lions along with foliage and twining vines. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object.
Once Upon a Time in Lancashire
At moments of dramatic social and cultural change a reflection on the past, or, better put, a past reimagined and romanticized, often offers a path of cathartic escape. Such was the case as Great Britain was transforming rapidly under the effects of modernization during the nineteenth century. The expansion of global communications and transportation, acceleration...