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Dish

1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval dish of earthenware, with a wavy rim moulded in imitation of a wet doyley and glazed green. Applied in the centre, four Huntly and Palmer's biscuits in unglazed earthenware.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with green lead glaze and applied biscuit
Brief description
Earthenware dish, made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, 1897
Physical description
Oval dish of earthenware, with a wavy rim moulded in imitation of a wet doyley and glazed green. Applied in the centre, four Huntly and Palmer's biscuits in unglazed earthenware.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'R.305509' (Registration mark impressed on base)
Gallery label
Dish made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, 1897 Earthenware C.273-1983 M. J. Franklin Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Michael J. Franklin
Production
Made at Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Franklin, M. J. British biscuit tins, 1868-1939: an aspect of decorative packaging London : New Cavendish Books, 1979, p. 201.
Collection
Accession number
C.273-1983

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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