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Creamware Transfer Printed Bowl Sailors Prayer 18thCent browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Decorative Art:Ceramics:English: Pre 1800: item # 335046
Arlene Noble Antiques Montclair, New jersey 973 473- 5745 Guest Book Sold |
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| A rare 18th century Creamware black transfer printed bowl C 1760 with 3 bucolic scenes on the front. Lovers are talking, resting, and in company of a dog pledging their love. Dressed in 18th century fine clothing. Inside the bowl is printed within a cartouche: From rocks and sands and every ill May God preserve The Sailor still. The bowl stands 3 1/2' and is 5 1/2" wide. the condition is excellent, there is a very slight hairline at 2 o'clock and a small chip to the rim at 10 o'clock. This is acceptable and I mention it only for accuracy. Transfer printed Creamware of this quality is rare and is usually in the hands of museums and a few collectors. this is folk art at its best, and the sailor's prayer appears on later pottery on mugs, and tankards. Bowls are early and this is part of the history of England's naval power and its history. | ||
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