[THE DEATH OF WOLFE]

An English creamware large bowl, circa 1780, the interior transfer printed in black and white with the Death of Wolfe after Benjamin West, and “M. GIBBS” with four pastoral scenes around the outside

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[THE DEATH OF WOLFE]
An English creamware large bowl, circa 1780, the interior transfer printed in black and white with the Death of Wolfe after Benjamin West, and “M. GIBBS” with four pastoral scenes around the outside

11 5/8in. (29.6cm.) diameter
(3)together with a blue and white transfer printed bowl commemorating Hawke, Wolfe and Rodney: ‘May all British Admirals have the Eye of a Hawk, the Heart of a Wolfe and the Spirit of a Rodney’, 7 ¼in. (18.4cm.) diameter and an English creamware mug, circa 1780, painted with the Death of Wolfe

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Please note the creamware mug is not included in this lot but is part of lot 91. There are two items only in this lot.

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Lot Essay

The second bowl commemorates Admiral Edward Hawke, victor at Quiberon Bay in 1759, Wolfe who died at Quebec in 1759, and Admiral George Brydges Rodney, victor of the Battle of the Saints, 1782. The “Spirit of a Rodney” may refer to the spirit decanter named after him. There is a stoneware bowl, c.1796, with the same motto in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (ZBA4376) and it also appears on a white pearlware bowl, transfer printed in blue as here.

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