Beschreibung:

A very rare Staffordshire pottery jug in commemoration of Bristol City FC, 1905, decorated with the Bristol City crest and inscribed BRISTOL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE UNBROKEN LINE OF SUCCESS ACHIEVED IN THE SEASON 1905 AND OF MEETING THE CLUB IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES & VISIT OF THE TEAM TO THE CHINA WORKS, THIS SOUVENIR IS PRESENTED BY THEIR WELL WISHER, S.I. KEPPLE, the reverse further inscribed BRISTOL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, DIRECTORS, W.P. KINGSTON ESQ. (CHAIRMAN), W.H.J. BURLAND ESQ. (VICE), D. THOMAS ESQ., J. LEAKEY ESQ., F.Y. LARWAY ESQ., H. KING ESQ., J. DAVERIDGE ESQ., E.C. MANSON ESQ., F.N. BACON ESQ., E.C. TYACK ESQ., THE TEAM V BURSLEM PORT VALE, CLAY, ANNAN, COTTLE, JONES, WEDLOCK, CHAMBERS, BENNETT, MAXWELL, BURTON, HILTON, GILLIGAN, TEAM MANAGER H. THICKITT, DIRECTOR F.N. BAKER ESQ., THE FOLLOWING ALSO PLAYED IN LEAGUE MATCHES, DEMERY, TUFT, HANLIN, FENTON, SPEAR, brown glaze with silver lustre rim, base & handle, 31cm., 12 1/4in., handle repaired