Antique English pearlware pottery commemorative of Earl Howe late 18th century antique period.

Dated: 1795 Staffordshire England

A fine and rare pearlware pottery commemorative of Earl Howe Commander in Chief of his Majesty's fleet in the Channel. The reverse with an image titled "The Female Archer". The cartouche under the spout has the initials "BL" in script. The print of Howe shows him with cutlass in hand, standing by a cannon whilst pointing to his ship.. Above the print is a decoration comprising flags or Sails, cannon, trumpet,and a spoked wheel.

Dimensions: 8 inches high

Current Condition: Minor chip at tip of spout professionally restored.

Provenance: Private collection London.

Literature: Re; Wikapedia....Richard How was a distinguished naval commander best known for his victory of the Glorious First of June in 1794. In 1782 Howe was created Viscount Howe, of Langar in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. Notes;The Glorious First of June (also known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial or Combat de Prairial) of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars. The action was the culmination of a campaign that had criss-crossed the Bay of Biscay over the previous month in which both sides had captured numerous merchant ships and minor warships and had engaged in two partial, but inconclusive, fleet actions. The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States, which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet, commanded by Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. The two forces clashed in the Atlantic Ocean, some 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794.

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