Huge Antique British Sunderland Crimean War Lustreware Pitcher, The Sailor's Return 10 pound crate to bring good fortune wherever

to bring good fortune wherever one goes

Wonderful faces

and the smiling one when feeling happy and receptive

forgive my terrible photos

and I think it is the degree to which they take themselves seriously as portraits that I find so appealing

Huge Antique British Sunderland Crimean War Lustreware Pitcher, The Sailor's Return 10 pound crate to bring good fortune whereverI've had a few pieces of 19th c. Sunderland lustreware and keep an eye out for them as I really love the transfer images and especially the verses. This huge piece 9 inches tall was I believe created during, and in tribute to, the Crimean War (1853 1856). It has a maritime theme, describing setting out with hope and resolve and culminating in "The Sailor's Return" ("Now safe returned from danger's past with joy I hail the shore") on the spout side,