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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Moore & Co. (factory)
Place of origin	Sunderland (made)

Bowl of earthenware transfer-printed over the glaze. Printed on one side with an oval panel containing a view entitled 'A East View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear built by R. Burdon, M.P. / Span 236 feet height 100 Begun Sepr. 1793. Open'd 9 Augt. 1796'. On the other side between floral wreaths is a small vignette of a ship and the inscription 'Mild Charity's glow / To us mortals below / Shows the soul from barbarity clear: / Compassion will melt / Where the virtue is felt / An its dew is diffus'd in a tear.'. Borders and scribbles of pink lustre.

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Categories	Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Basin
Materials and techniques	Earthenware transfer-printed over the glaze and lustre Earthenware Lustre Transfer Printed
Brief description	Bowl of earthenware transfer-printed over the glaze, factory of Moore & Co., Southwick, Sunderland, ca. 1810.
Physical description	Bowl of earthenware transfer-printed over the glaze. Printed on one side with an oval panel containing a view entitled 'A East View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear built by R. Burdon, M.P. / Span 236 feet height 100 Begun Sepr. 1793. Open'd 9 Augt. 1796'. On the other side between floral wreaths is a small vignette of a ship and the inscription 'Mild Charity's glow / To us mortals below / Shows the soul from barbarity clear: / Compassion will melt / Where the virtue is felt / An its dew is diffus'd in a tear.'. Borders and scribbles of pink lustre.
Dimensions	Height: 7.9cm Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions	'A East View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear built by R. Burdon, M.P. / Span 236 feet height 100 Begun Sepr. 1793. Open'd 9 Augt. 1796' (Printed on the oval panel) '[M]OORE & CO. Southwick' (Inscribed below the panel.) 'Mild Charity's glow / To us mortals below / Shows the soul from barbarity clear: / Compassion will melt / Where the virtue is felt / An its dew is diffus'd in a tear.' (On one side with the ship)
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted	Bridge River Flowers Wreath Ship
Other numbers	Sch. II 447 - Schreiber number 414:1248/A-1885 - Incorrect number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	310:17-1889

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Record created	July 31, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46006/basin-moore--co/

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