Black Transferware Cries of London Liquor Barrel DECANTER FOR LAMP / BAR flow blue and production ran through 1967

and production ran through 1967

This is one of the larger and more difficult to find pieces which was originally made to go underneath a large soup tureen but it is beautiful on its own

they had an underplate with them

Very difficult to find in this multi colorway

For consideration is this pretty transfer plate by Ridgway in the Windsor pattern

Black Transferware Cries of London Liquor Barrel DECANTER FOR LAMP / BAR flow blue and production ran through 1967None can resist the romance of the Cries of London and the appeal of the liberty of vagabondage, of those who had no indenture or task master, and who travelled wide throughout the city, witnessing the spectacle of its streets, speaking with a wide variety of customers, and seeing life. In the densely populated neighborhoods, it was the itinerants cries that marked the times of day and announced the changing seasons of the year. Before the motorcar,