Pin dish, New Hall Pottery Co Ltd, 1951-56

Physical description

Small square dish depicting a character from "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit", by Charles Dickens (1843-44). The character on the dish is one of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff, who is a sanctimonious surveyor and architect "who has never designed or built anything'.

Inscriptions & markings

Picture of Mr Pecksniff in kitchen.
Front bottom: MR PECKSNIFF / (Martin Chuzzlewit)
Back: New Hall Hanley / Staffordshire England.

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