Earthenware, painted in enamel colours and covered with a clear lead glaze; the whole encased in an oriental style walnut wood frame. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones and painted by William Morris. England, 1864 Painted in green, yellow, red and brown with a portrait in profile of Dante Gabriel Rossetti as the poet Geoffrey Chaucer reading, in the background is a rose and all contained within a roundel. Inscribed: Geoffrey Chaucer. Tin-glazed earthenware Dutch blank