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Pottery: Liverpool
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and red inside with a ship and the inscription ‘Success to the Sally’, and, on the outside, with a coast scene with ships
Buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted mainly in blue with a little red. Circular with curved sides, standing on a footing. The inside is decorated with a brig flying a red pennant and the red ensign, with below the inscription, 'Success to the Sally'; a narrow diaper border encircles the top edge. On the outside there is a coast scene with a village on a hill, a sailing ship on the right, and a tree in the foreground; further round, is a small sailing boat.
History note: Mr Wake of Fritchley, near Crich, Derbyshire; his 1897 catalogue 281, no. 72; purchased for 18s. 6d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 26.2 cm
Diameter: 10 5/16 in
Height: 11.5 cm
Height: 4½ in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
1765
CE
The name 'Sally' was very common for ships, and it has not been possible to identify which this one was. According to Glaisher's MS notebook catalogue entry, the bowl used to have a label attached to it inscribed 'Sally of Whitehaven, Captain Kenner, was taken by the French in 1757 on a voyage to St Petersburg, but this has not been verified.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and red)
bluish
Tin-glaze
buff
Earthenware
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, covered with bluish tin-glaze and painted in blue and a little red high temperature (metallic oxide) colours
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1721-1928
Primary reference Number: 72520
Old object number: 199
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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