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inventarisnummerAAA5613 
collectieCeramics    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datumafter 1910  
omschrijvingA half-pint, cream-coloured earthenware coffee pot and lid with a transfer-printed blue border. There is moulded decoration on the rim, knop and handle. The handle and edge of the lid are decorated with blue hand-painted lines and there is a blue dot on the knop. The coffee pot is printed on the base with a garter inscribed 'THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE' (Alfred Holt & Co. Ltd. Liverpool) enclosing the house flag of the company - blue with the monogram 'A H' on a white diamond in the centre. The retailer's mark 'EILLS L'POOL' is also printed on the base. One of four identical examples, AAA5612-AAA5615. The Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool ran steam services to the Far East and Australia from 1866. Their passenger trade mostly operated during the interwar period with services to Australia starting in 1910 and to the Far East after the First World War. 
afmetingenOverall: 140 x 155 x 80 mm; Pot: 114 x 160 x 80 mm; Lid: 45 x 55 mm   
 

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