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An H. J. Wood Ltd. Indian Tree Pattern Relief-Moulded Earthenware Vase - A mid-20th-century Staffordshire earthenware vase produced by H. J. Wood Ltd. at the Alexandra Pottery, Burslem. The baluster-form body is decorated in the Indian Tree pattern with high-relief, hand-painted floral motifs including maroon and yellow blooms among green foliage and dark brown branches, set against a textured, pale yellow-glazed ground. The neck is finished with a moulded geometric fretwork collar under a dark brown rim. The base is incised with the shape number 573 and bears hand-painted marks in red (1769) and black script reading Indian-Tree Handpainted H. J. Wood Staffordshire England.