Shape Type
Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type
Naval and Marine
Date
1817-1820
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.63 in (21.92 cm)
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
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