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A blue and white porcelain dish, circa 1840, the transfer…
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A blue and white porcelain dish, circa 1840, the transfer printed dish with a rose decorated border centred by an image of a Hunter River Steam Navigation Company clipper ship, blue printed company mark and inscribed 'The Rose' to the base, 24 cm diameter, Note: The Hunter River Steam Navigation Company was established in 1840 to provide a service between Sydney and the Hunter River. The Rose was the first new steamer acquired by the H.R.S.N Co., and the first iron hulled ship to arrive in Australia. Built by Fairbairn and Company, Millwall, London, The Rose was a schooner-rigged paddle steamer with a side lever jet condensing steam engine of 100 horse power. She departed London on 31st October 1840 under Captain Stewart and came via the Cape of Good Hope arriving in Sydney in April 1841. The Sydney Herald reported that The Rose started on her first trip for the Hunter on the morning of the 15th April 1841 with about twenty passengers. She travelled between Sydney, Newcastle, Morpeth and Maitland as a passenger and cargo carrier
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Ceramics: Australian Themes & Other Makers