Hunter River Steam Navigation Co. Porcelain Dish

A blue and white porcelain dish, circa 1840, the transfer…
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A blue and white porcelain dish, circa 1840, the transfer printed dish with a rose decorated border centred by an image of a Hunter River Steam Navigation Company clipper ship, blue printed company mark and inscribed 'The Rose' to the base, 24 cm diameter, Note: The Hunter River Steam Navigation Company was established in 1840 to provide a service between Sydney and the Hunter River. The Rose was the first new steamer acquired by the H.R.S.N Co., and the first iron hulled ship to arrive in Australia. Built by Fairbairn and Company, Millwall, London, The Rose was a schooner-rigged paddle steamer with a side lever jet condensing steam engine of 100 horse power. She departed London on 31st October 1840 under Captain Stewart and came via the Cape of Good Hope arriving in Sydney in April 1841. The Sydney Herald reported that The Rose started on her first trip for the Hunter on the morning of the 15th April 1841 with about twenty passengers. She travelled between Sydney, Newcastle, Morpeth and Maitland as a passenger and cargo carrier

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Transfer Printed / Decorated Transferware - Transfer printing is method of decorating ceramics, reducing the cost of decoration when compared to employing artists to paint each piece. A print was taken on transfer-paper from an engraved copperplate, covered in ink prepared with metallic oxides, and the image on the paper was then applied to the biscuit-fired ceramic body. The print was fixed by heating the object in an oven, and then glazed, sealing the picture. Early transfer prints were blue and white, as cobalt was the only colour to stand firing without blurring. Early in the 19th century advances in the composition of the transfer paper resulted in better definition and detail, and enabled engravers to combine line-engraving with stipple.

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