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A rare Seaham Pottery tobacco jar with transfer print of lancer and horse at a well. Inscribed to Percival Spoor, Seaham Harbour, February 11th 1839. The handwritten verse reads " No handicraft can with our art compare. We make our pots off what we Potters are." The pot is 8 and 1/2 inches high. The pot was sold for £240 at auction.
Photo Credit and information: Ray Curtis
Note from Fred Cooper: Percival Spoor was the son of William Spoor - a trimmer at the docks. In the 1841 census the family were living in Back North Railway Street. In the census Percival was 2 years old and it is probable that this pottery jar was to commemorate his birth.
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