Plate
A small child's plate with a scalloped rim and a border of daisies with yellow and brown centres. It has a black transfer engraving, hand-coloured in yellow and green, depicting a figure made out of two prosthetic legs, two hook hands, a coil of rope and with a block for a head. It is wearing a cocked hat and holds a rammer, shipping is shown in the background; below the figure is inscribed: 'NAUTICAL'.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4499 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Plate |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1820 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 20 x 150 mm |