Description:

Earthenware mug with black printed decoration.  On each side of the mug is printed a floral bouquet, and the interior has a floral border including a device of clasped hands. On the front of the mug is printed a design representing a pottery trade union.  The central image is a beehive, a symbol often used in freemasonry, and generally recognized as a symbol of...

Description:

Earthenware mug with black printed decoration.  On each side of the mug is printed a floral bouquet, and the interior has a floral border including a device of clasped hands. On the front of the mug is printed a design representing a pottery trade union.  The central image is a beehive, a symbol often used in freemasonry, and generally recognized as a symbol of industry and cooperation; above the beehive flies a dove with an olive branch, and the whole is garlanded with the national flowers of the countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain.  A banner ribbon supports the words "SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE POTTERS" and in the ribbon bow is the motto "PERSERVERANCE AND INTEGRITY" above a set scales representing justice.  Linking the banner and the bow are the words "HIGH S^T"and "BURSLEM", which is the address of the factory where the National Union of Operative Potters briefly conducted their own pottery business.