Pot Lids

It was Felix Edward Pratt (1813-94) who spotted the commercial possibilities of using new printing technology to decorate the lids of containers for popular products such as bear's grease, gentleman's relish, potted shrimps and cosmetics, with sophisticated designs.

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manu…

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