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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.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35413
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.7
Length
(cm): 21.6
Width
(cm): 19
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 8
Width
(in): 7
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