Soup plate: Great Easterm Steamship

ca. 1838-1882

Place madeDurham, England, Europe

Earthenware

Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 23.8 cm )

Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976

INV.14363

This ship was known as the Great Eastern Steamship.

DescriptionMolded pearlware with clipped rim printed with central image of steamship with side wheel and full sails in black with overglaze green sea, yellow on sails, red on flags, two bands on top of basin and on brim, rim with purple luster metallic oxide.

Markingsimpressed: on base: "SCOTT'S/4"; under ship in black: "THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP"

ClassificationsCERAMICS