Underglaze
Printing in a single color on earthenware and stoneware 1780-1820
Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares Pattern Type: Naval and Marine Featured Series Type: Shipping Series - Maker Unknown Date: c. 1817-1820 Dimensions:
Maker: Unknown Description: An earthenware plate printed in blue with a pattern known as Frigate II. Under a lowering sky, a frigate seems to be shortening her foresail in anticipation of a storm. Frigates were medium-sized war ships with one main deck of guns. They scouted for the fleet, went on commerce-raiding missions and patrols, conveyed messages and dignitaries, and filled in places in the line of... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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