Huge Antique British Sunderland Crimean War Lustreware Pitcher, The Sailor's Return pastel painting The box is pretty beaten

The box is pretty beaten up

with the aid of the bottle of wine and cigarettes before him on this fabulously checkerboard painted table

and first recorded by Byron G

I just love those clasped hands at their waists

Huge Antique British Sunderland Crimean War Lustreware Pitcher, The Sailor's Return pastel painting The box is pretty beatenI've had a few pieces of 19th c. Sunderland lustreware and keep an eye out for them as I really love the transfer images and especially the verses. This huge piece 9 inches tall was I believe created during, and in tribute to, the Crimean War (1853 1856). It has a maritime theme, describing setting out with hope and resolve and culminating in "The Sailor's Return" ("Now safe returned from danger's past with joy I hail the shore") on the spout side,