Stoneware jug made by George Frederick Bowers, Stoke-on-Trent, 1855 (c).
White tear-drop bellied.
Transfer-printed in black with battlescenes.
With handle as two lines of rope together, continuing as bas relief around top, below rim.
Printed on base (within a trophy), ‘CRIMEA/ G.F. BOWERS/ China/ Manufacturer/ Brownhill’.
Inscribed to the right of the handle, ‘LIGHT CAVALRY CHARGE/ AT BALACLAVA’, to left, ‘SEBASTOPOL ATTACK AND CAPTURE OF THE/ MALAKOFF BY THE FRENCY’.
Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).