Omschrijving
Kom. Aardewerk: Sunderland. Wit glazuur met marmerachtige vlekken in gelusterd bietenrood en voorstellingen in sepia-bruin. De kan is voorts , versierd met opgedrukte rijmpjes en prenten, betrekking hebbend op de zeevaart en de landbouw. Aan de binnenkant van de kan het rijmpje: 'Rest in heaven / There is an hour of peaceful rest / To mourning wand'rers given / There is a tear for souls sisdrest / A balm for every wounded breast / This found above in heaven.' Aan de buitenkant van de kan twee rijmpjes: 'The sailors F... / He leap'd into the boat, As it lay upon the strand / But oh his heart was far away / With frine upon the land / He thought of those he lov'd the best / A wife and infant dear / And felling fill'd the sailors breast / The sailor's eye - a tear'. 'Thou noble bark of brightest fame / The bear'st proud England's honour'd name / Right welcome home once more / Welcome, thou gallant little sail / In England's name I bid the hail! And welcome to her shore'.
