Wedgwood polychrome transfer-decorated plate of sloop yacht "THE FANNY ON PORT TACK"

polychrome transfer-decorated plate

Wedgwood transferware plate in green, blue, yellow and brown with port view of the gaff-rigged sloop yacht FANNY on port tack, about to set her spinnaker during a race, flying the Larchmont Yacht Club burgee with "2" visible on her mainsail. A schooner dressed full can be seen in the background. FANNY was built for Charles Henry Mallory, 1874, by D. O. Richmond, Mystic, CT, and possibly named for his daughter, Fanny Mallory Williams. Image identical to accession number 1979.138.1, a photograph.