Artist: uncertain, pottery; Date(s): 1688; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, dish, painting; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928, Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest [C.1443-1928]
Description: Tin-glazed earthenware painted in cobalt-blue and manganese with a little yellow; the reverse, covered with greenish lead-glaze. On the front are a cat, an owl and a monkey wearing top-knots and tippets, the last holding a mirror. Above is the title: ` The Alo?mode or ye Maidens Mode Admir'd & Cont?inue'd By ye Ape Owl & Mistris Puss', and the date 1688. Below the verses of the ballad. On the back, in a square, a cross imposed over a fainter St Andrew cross.
