Antique Prattware! VERY EARLY, VERY RARE (RR) marbled, 4 alignment dots, pot lid

Description

On offer is this
PRATTWARE pot lid
which seems to be quite rare (
rated as RR- VERY RARE RATING
) in Mortimer's reference book.  This is also a
VERY EARLY lid
....probably mid-19th century??
Interesting features
. It has
FOUR alignment dots
(North/South & East/West) on the face of the lid....this many alignments is
unusual
. The lid is also
marbled
AND
some of the clothing of the character's in the scene, have been
hand-painted
before this lid was glazed and fired! It was difficult to "pick-up" the hand painted articles of clothing with the camera, but I tilted the lid to the side, to catch the sunlight which helped to identify the hand-painted items in the scene, except for one lady's dress. (see pic. 6 ) So the hand-painted items of clothing are, the Butler's jacket;  the gentleman with the blue coat; and the lady with the green dress on the other side of the table, which did not show in pic.6.
The lid is large size, & measures 5 1/4" in diameter. No base provided. The lid is domed. This lid is
valued at between
5-250
in Mortimer. Because of it's good condition and early production I have listed it at more on the lower end of valuation.
Condition
:
For condition report please see "Item specifics/Seller notes" above and check out all the pics as they form an important part of the overall description.
Great collector's piece for the more discerning collector of Prattware!
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