Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Details
- Dimensions
- 12.25ʺW × 1ʺD × 9.75ʺH
- Brand
- Wedgwood
- Period
- 1970s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Maple
- Paint
- Porcelain
- Veneer
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Excellent less
- Description
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Wedgwood Porcelain Painted Plaque of The Clipper Ship,
Golden West,
1976-81
The Wedgwood porcelain plaque is painted with a portside … more Wedgwood Porcelain Painted Plaque of The Clipper Ship,
Golden West,
1976-81
The Wedgwood porcelain plaque is painted with a portside view of The clipper ship The Golden West within an original maple veneered wood frame. In the background is the famous tugboat Ceres.
Printed on the reverse within an oval opening there reads "Golden West, Reproduced from the original painting by Smith with permission of the Peabody Museum."
Mark: Wedgwood of Etruria & Barlaston/Made in England. The original Wedgwood site was affected by mining subsidence, and plans were drawn for a new factory at Barlaston some miles south on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The new factory was built in 1938–40 and most of the old factory was demolished in the twentieth century after the Wedgwood company moved production to Barlaston
Dimensions: 9 ¾ inches high x 12 ¼ inches wide; Sight 7 3/4 inches high x 9 3/4 inches wide.
The Golden West.
Golden West was an 1852 extreme clipper built by Paul Curtis. The ship had a very active career in the California trade, the guano trade, the coolie trade, the Far East, and Australia. She made a record passage between Japan and San Francisco in 1856.
The Golden West was launched in 1852 from the Yard of Paul Curtis, East Boston, U.S.A., the Golden West had a deck of 196 feet long and straight lines becoming convex to meet the swell of her sides. In 1864 she was sold at auction for $25,000 and listed as hailing from Liverpool.
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Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
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