Commemorative Doulton Lambeth brown salt-glazed stoneware jug.

£900 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

This fine ceramic jug commemorates the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-89 and Stanley along with his officers, E. M. Bartelot, W. Bonney, A. J. Mounteney-Jephson, W. C. Stairs, R. H. Nelson, and T. H. Parke. The sides include a relief portrait of Stanley, together with two allegorical representations of 'Enterprise' and 'Valour', with the motto 'out of darkness into light.' Inscribed EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION 1887 1889, impressed on base Doulton. Lambeth with other marks, 19.5 cm.

• Binding: Hardcover

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