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Source Description:

This frontispiece was engraved by Thomas Major and designed by Samuel Wale.

Additional Image:

The second, right hand,  part of the Marine Society design.
This print of a naval battle is also part of the decoration on the Marine Society bowl.
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Naval and Marine
Date
1757-1760
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.50 in (39.37 cm)
Maker
Worcester

Description:

This Worcester porcelain bowl is decorated with a print of Britannia.  To the left of this is a print of three boys who are changing into new clothes.  The tallest of these has a scroll with the words "Marine Society" beside him.  To the right of Britannia is another print, seen below, showing a figure, perhaps symbolic of Charity, leading two small boys.  There
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