Bowl

A white, ironstone china cereal bowl, transfer-printed with a coloured picture of a circus dog wearing a ruff climbing a ladder propped against a giraffe's neck, the giraffe holding a bone. The bowl is inscribed 'ELDER DEMPSTER LINES CHILDREN'S SERVICE'. Elder Dempster Lines ran services to West Africa and the Canaries from 1881.

Object Details

ID: AAA5746
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Bowl
Display location: Not on display
Creator: G. L. Ashworth & Bros Ltd; G. L. Ashworth & Bros Ltd
People: G. L. Ashworth & Bros Ltd; Elder Dempster Lines
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 35 x 165 mm
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