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Plaque
Wall plaque, earthenware, rectangular tray-shaped form with flat base and curving flaring sides, a shaped moulded edge to the rim with foliate moulding to the corners, to the top side of the plaque are two pierced holes for suspension; to the centre of the well is transfer-printed in black the inscription "The man doom'd to sail. / With the blast of the gale. / Through billious atlantic to steer. / As he bends oe'r the wave. / Which may soon be his grave. / Remembers his home with a tear.", the inscription enclosed by a garland of flowers and foliage and with a small sailing ship to the top, the sides of the plaque covered with a splashed pink lustre, a wide waved copper lustre edge to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35413
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century (late)
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/2/1942
Measurements
Height (cm): 2.7
Length (cm): 21.6
Width (cm): 19
Height (in): 1
Length (in): 8
Width (in): 7
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
lustre, pink
decoration
Applied Art
lustre, copper
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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