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Dish
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Dish
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
- Date:
ca. 1825 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Spode Ceramic Works (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
2678-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 31, shelf 5
Physical description
Plate of lead-glazed earthenware, in the form of a conventional shell with wavy edge. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue in the middle with a bouquet of roses, thistles and shamrock.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
Date
ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/maker
Spode Ceramic Works (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Marks and inscriptions
'SPODE 4'
Impressed
'SPODE'
Printed
Dimensions
Width: 23.5 cm
Object history note
This Spode shell-shaped dish is decorated with the Union Wreath Pattern (or Union Spray pattern)
Descriptive line
Dish of lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, 'Union Wreath' pattern, made at the Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1825
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
"Blue and White Transfer Ware 1780-1840" AW Coysh 1970, page 84/85 No. 117
Labels and date
Dish
Made at the Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent, about 1825
Mark: 'SPODE 4' impressed, 'SPODE' printed.
Lead-glazed earthenware
2678-1901 [23/05/2008]
Production Note
Made at the Spode factory.
Materials
Earthenware; Cobalt oxide
Techniques
Transfer-printed; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Shamrocks; Roses; Thistles
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection
Ceramics Collection
