PoolePottery
KRUSENSTERN
Plate【Last1】

Pool Pottery
Ships #165 KRUSENSTERN
(EX PADUA) Decorative plate 【Last1】

Poole Pottery is a ceramics manufacturer founded in Poole, a port town in Dorset, England in 1873. This decorative plate depicts the Padua (later known as the Krusenstern), a famous sailing ship in the history of sailing, built by JC Tecklenborg.
The vivid blue colours of the sky and sea and the sight of the Padua sailing majestically are spectacular, and its dynamic design is a major attraction.

- Explanation of the back of the plate -
Built in 1926 by J.C. Tecklenborg for Rice & Co., the Padua was a four-masted steel barque of 3,545 gross tonnage. She was the last cargo-carrying four-masted ship, and Rice & Co. used her as a trade ship for saltpeter and grain until 1932. In 1933, with the support of the German government, she put to sea again, completing a voyage from Hamburg to South Australia in 67 days. After the Second World War, the Padua came into Russian ownership and was renamed Krusenstern after the famous Russian explorer. The Padua, with its painted portholes, is now used as a sailing training ship and is a beautiful example of the development of the use of merchant sailing.

◎Mast: A vertical pole erected on the deck of a sailing ship to support sails.
Barque: A Western-style sailing ship with three or more masts, with the rearmost mast carrying fore-sails and the remaining masts carrying square sails.
◎Porthole: A small round window on a ship; in old warships and pirate ships, it also served as a gun port.

*Brand: Poole Pottery

*Country of manufacture: United Kingdom

*Size: Diameter 15.3cm, height 1.5cm

*Dish stand included