Company Treasures
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
8.1/2in high, with underglaze transfers with some overglaze colouring, shewing on one side the Shipwrights’ Arms, portrayed with ark in place of ship, naval crown in place of crest, and supporters holding dexter, a stick, and sinister a short axe in place of the correct tools: on the other a wooden ship on a building berth, flying the red ensign aft and the union flag forward; on the front of the spout, hand painted overglaze:
H
L (quatrefoil) A
1792
and below in transfer:
IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN WITHSTAND US
Over a seated figure of Britannia
Presented 1932 by W. Lacon Threlford, MBE.,RD, later Sir William Lacon Threlford, Sheriff 1932-1933, and Second Master 1938-1939.
Displayed at Sotheby’s Rule Britannia Exhibition, 1986.
