Tankard
Moore's Wear Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1856
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
9 x 13.5 cm
Place of origin
Sunderland
Order this imageCollection
Souter and the Leas, Tyne and Wear
NT 237314
Summary
Lustreware tankard. Image of sailor on side. this image is now thought to be of Garibaldi, the politician who brought about the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century. There is also a verse. The tankard has a pink rim to the top and base. The verse is surrounded bt garlands of leaves and flowers in various colours, including two orange flowers below the verse. No marks on the base.
Marks and inscriptions
The sailor tost in stormy seas/ Though far his bark may roam / Still hears a voice in every breeze / That wakens thoughts of home. / He thinks upon his distant friends, / His wife, his humble cot,/ And from his inmost heart ascends / The prayer Forget me not
Makers and roles
Moore's Wear Pottery, manufacturer