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‘THE BETSEY GEORGE’ Ship Plate (Fig.33)<br />

(Courtesy of City and County of Swansea: Swansea Museum Collection)<br />

This striking engraving shows <strong>the</strong> rise and fall of <strong>the</strong> waves extremely well<br />

and <strong>the</strong> wind blowing through <strong>the</strong> sails. The engraving shows <strong>the</strong> skill of<br />

<strong>the</strong> engraver in <strong>the</strong> width and depth of <strong>the</strong> incisions which provide a much<br />

more three-dimensional expression of <strong>the</strong> scene. The ship plate is included<br />

here because of <strong>the</strong> border. As Grant-Davidson wrote: “<strong>the</strong> border” pattern<br />

“should be noted as” it occurs “on o<strong>the</strong>r early wares made at <strong>the</strong> Pottery”.<br />

This suggests <strong>the</strong> border was used on Chinoiserie-type patterns such as<br />

‘Full Nankin’ and ‘Two Figures’<br />

The plate Grant-Davidson writes is “of <strong>the</strong> stock design of a brig” which<br />

has <strong>the</strong> ship’s name added, viz. “The Betsey Ml George Mr” ---‘Michael<br />

George Master’.<br />

Fig. 33<br />

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