CHARLES W. MORGAN

Plate

Glazed earthenware plate manufactured by Wedgwood for Mystic Seaport; a transferware engraving by Wedgwood Studios showing the CHARLES W. MORGAN at Chubb's Wharf, Mystic Seaport; nautical objects surrounded by rope form the border; reverse reads: "CHARLES W. MORGAN / The CHARLES W. MORGAN, last survivor of the / wooden whaling ships, was built in New Bedford in / 1841. During the 81 years of her productive life / she made 37 whaling expeditions and earned more / than two million dollars for her owners. since 1941 / she has been enshrined at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, / Connecticut, the sole survivor of the bygone days / of America's whaling industry."; reverse impressed with "WEDGWOOD / 10 R 58" and Wedgwood and Mystic Seaport logos.