The Rambling Female Sailor

With jacket blue and trousers white

Just like a sailor neat and tight

Sure the sea it was the heart's delight

Of the female rambling sailor.

When in storm upon the raging sea

She was ready at her station

And her mind was as calm as calm could be

She loved her occupation.

                                                                             Rambling Female Sailor, circa 1830s

In the old folk song, a young and pretty maiden decides to dress as a sailor and run off to sea.  Although this bathing beauty wears a swimsuit rather than "jacket blue and trousers white," she certainly appears to be calm and content as she sails her rather undersized schooner over the bounding main.  Of good china, this sea-going siren is actually a trinket or powder box.  Incised above waves on the back “Germany 10782, this belle and her boat are 5.5 inches high and 4 inches tall.