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Lot 525: Three Wade Royal Victoria Pottery ceramic spirit barrels
A trio of mid-20th-century glazed earthenware spirit barrels manufactured by Wade at the Royal Victoria Pottery, England. Each barrel is designed in a miniature coopered form with a flattened base. The set comprises containers for Port, Sherry, and Gin, each featuring a central transfer-printed cartouche with scroll and foliate borders. The barrels are decorated with horizontal bands in maroon, teal, and blue respectively, each flanked by gilt pinstripes. The base of the blue-banded barrel displays a circular black printed mark for Royal Victoria Wade England Pottery, an impressed character C, and a hand-painted numeral 2. Each piece is equipped with a front-mounted white plastic dispense tap.
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