Design size 13" x 18" on 18 count paper. Worked in wool thread.

This unusual motto was inspired by the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan opera - H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor. It is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened on 25 May 1878.