Egg cup

A cream-coloured earthenware egg cup with a transfer-printed blue border. It was made for use on Blue Funnel Line vessels (Alfred Holt & Co. Ltd. Liverpool). The retailer's mark 'EILLS L'POOL' is printed on the interior. One of four identical examples, AAA5648-AAA5651. The Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool ran steam services to the Far East and Australia from 1866. Their passenger trade mostly operated during the interwar period with services to Australia starting in 1910 and to the Far East after the First World War.

Object Details

ID: AAA5648
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Egg cup
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: After 1910
People: Blue Funnel Line; W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 55 x 50 mm
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