£8500
Dated: 1759 Liverpool England
A very rare English pottery delftware bowl polychrome colours with a central scene of the naval Battle of Lagos 1759 (Portugese Algarve) with script reading..... "SUCCESS TO ADMIRAL BOSCAWEN, BRODERICK AND THE REST OF THE GALLANT COMMANDERS AND SEAMAN THAT DRUBB'D M.DE LA CLUES FRENCH FLEET AUGUST 18TH 1759. The English success of the Battle seriously weakened France's plans of invading England.
Diameter: 10 inches
Current Condition: Good professional restoration to cracks.
Literature: The ministers of King Louis XV of France drew up plans to invade Britain in 1759, during the Seven Years' War. An army had been collected at Vannes, in the south-east of Brittany, and transports had been brought together in the landlocked waters of the Morbihan which are connected with Quiberon Bay. The scheme of the French ministers was to combine twenty-one ships of the line lying at Brest under the command of de Conflans, with twelve which were to be brought round from Toulon by de la Clue. The army was then to be carried to some point on the coast of England or Scotland by the united squadrons. The task of blockading de la Clue at Toulon was given to Admiral Edward Boscawen, who had with him fourteen sail of the line. Boscawen reached his station on 16 May 1759. At the beginning of July want of stores and water, together with the injury inflicted on some of his vessels by a French battery, compelled him to go to Gibraltar to provision and refit. He reached the port on 4 August. On 5 August de la Clue left Toulon, and on 17 August passed the straits of Gibraltar, where he was sighted by the look-out ships of Boscawen. The British fleet hurried out to sea, and pursued in two divisions, separated by a distance of some miles owing to the haste with which they left port. During the night of 17/18 August five of de la Clue's ships lost sight of his flagship, and steered for Cadiz. The other seven, which had been delayed for a time in the hope of rejoining their consorts, were overtaken by Boscawen and attacked in the afternoon of 18 August. One, the 74-gun Centaure, was captured after a very gallant resistance, in which the British flagship Namur was severely damaged. Boscawen transferred to Newark. During the night of 18/19 August, two of the French ships (Souverain and Guerrier) altered course to the west, and escaped. The remaining four fled to the north, and into Portuguese waters near Lagos, where Océan, de la Clue's flagship, and Redoutable were driven ashore and destroyed, while Téméraire and Modeste were captured. De la Clue was seriously wounded, and carried ashore in Portugal. The five ships in Cadiz were blockaded by Boscawen's second-in-command, Admiral Broderick. Although the defeat of the French squadron ruined an integral part of their scheme to invade the British Isles, the French decided to persevere with their attack. The scheme was finally put to rest in November after the French naval defeat at the Battle of Quiberon Bay. After refitting, several of Boscawen's victorious Mediterranean ships were sent to join Admiral Hawke's fleet off Ushant, and five were with Hawke when he destroyed the Brest fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay. Note:Wikapedia
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A very rare English pottery delftware bowl polychrome colours with a central scene of the naval Battle of Lagos 1759 (Portugese Algarve) with script reading…..
“SUCCESS TO ADMIRAL BOSCAWEN, BRODERICK AND THE REST OF THE GALLANT COMMANDERS AND SEAMAN THAT DRUBB’D M.DE LA CLUES FRENCH FLEET AUGUST 18TH 1759.
The English success of the Battle seriously weakened France’s plans of invading England.
