Northumberland Lifeboat
Three pink lustre jugs made on Tyneside with similar Life Boat transfers. The jugs with the leaf pattern probably made in the late 1820s and the one with the full pink lustre decoration in the 1830s.
Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling (1815–1842) in 1838, along with her father, saved 13 people from the wreck of the Steamship Forfarshire.
A jug with pink lustre decoration made on Tyneside shortly after the famous rescue. In the background is Bamburgh Castle. The inscription reads
William Darling & his Daughter Grace Horsley Darling
The Forfarshire Steamer lost on sept 7th 1838
William Darling & his Daughter Grace Horsley Darling
The Forfarshire Steamer lost on sept 7th 1838
The inscription on this jug describes the rescue. It was probably made shortly after the rescue and before her death which is recorded on the following similarly decorated mug.
On the Seventh night in September, -38,
Off Northumberland coast , 'Tis sad to relate:
Only one half of the ship "Forfarshire" was there.
When from the light house "Grace Darling" fair,
Espies the wreck amid the surf,
'Twixt the Farne Rock and Northumbrian turf.
She with her sire trough optic glass discern
Twelve of the crew on the vessel's stern:
But "Courage. Father," is the daughter's plea
"A few may be saved, let us out to sea."
The maiden rows and courageously saves
Nine of the twelve from their watery graves.
On the Seventh night in September, -38,
Off Northumberland coast , 'Tis sad to relate:
Only one half of the ship "Forfarshire" was there.
When from the light house "Grace Darling" fair,
Espies the wreck amid the surf,
'Twixt the Farne Rock and Northumbrian turf.
She with her sire trough optic glass discern
Twelve of the crew on the vessel's stern:
But "Courage. Father," is the daughter's plea
"A few may be saved, let us out to sea."
The maiden rows and courageously saves
Nine of the twelve from their watery graves.
A Stevengraph cica 1900.
A pottery mug made circa 1840 at Sunderland or on Tyneside with portrait of Grace Darling.
William Wouldhave
In 1789 William Wouldhave submitted plans for an unsinkable lifeboat. These transfers "Copyright of Balls Bros Sunderland" may have been made to commemorate the 100th anniversary. The transfers with the orange lustre decoration are on a bowl which commemorates the Jack Crawford statue and is dated 1890.
THE FIRST LIFE BOAT WAS BUILT AT
SOUTH SHIELDS 1789 |
THE LIFE BOAT
MAN THE LIFE BOAT! MAN THE LIFE BOAT! HEARTS OF OAK YOUR SUCCOUR LEND. SEE THE SHATTER'D VESSEL STAGGERS QUICK, OH QUICK ASSISTANCE SEND SEE THE ARK OF REFUGE LAUNCHING SEE HER HARDY CREW PREPARE. FOR THE DANGEROUS WORK OF MERCY GALLANT BRITISH HEARTS ARE THERE |