A large commemorative pearlware vase c.1859

A large commemorative pearlware vase c.1859, the ovoid body supported on three lion paw feet rising to winged terms, decorated to two sides with a view of Silverdale Colliery, the third side inscribed 'Presented to Mr William Griffiths by Francis Stanier Broade, Silverdale 31st January 1859' beneath a coat of arms, some faults, the cover lacking, 36cm.

Cf. Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme, for an identical vase presented to Mr Francis Tyndall. Francis Stanier Broade is listed as iron master and solicitor on the 1851 census. William Griffiths is listed in 1861 as a potter at Wedgwood, but it is unclear whether this is the same gentleman named on the vase.