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V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Whieldon, Thomas (maker) Warburton, Edward (maker)
Place of origin	Fenton (made) Battersea (transfer-printed)

Plate of salt-glazed stoneware, octagonal in shape with the rim moulded with trellis-pattern and with scrolls at the angles, and enamelled turquoise-blue, and in the middle is transfer-printed over the glaze in red with the fable of the Fox and the Ox.

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Categories	Ceramics Stoneware
Object type	Plate
Materials and techniques	Salt-glazed stoneware, transfer-printed and moulded Salt-Glazed Stoneware Salt Glaze Stoneware Transfer-Printed Moulded
Brief description	Plate of salt-glazed stoneware, octagonal in shape with the rim moulded and with scrolls and transfer-printing, probably made by either by Edward Warburton at Fenton Low or by Thomas Whieldon at Fenton Vivian, ca. 1751-1754, and transfer-printed possibly at Battersea ca. 1754.
Physical description	Plate of salt-glazed stoneware, octagonal in shape with the rim moulded with trellis-pattern and with scrolls at the angles, and enamelled turquoise-blue, and in the middle is transfer-printed over the glaze in red with the fable of the Fox and the Ox.
Dimensions	Diameter: 22.9cm
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	Part of a set of 8 plates 414:920/A to H-1885 (Sch. II 229 A to H).
Subjects depicted	Fox Ox Scrolls
Literary reference	Aesop's Fables
Bibliographic references	Crouch, Judith. York House, Battersea: finds from the Excavation of the Enamel Manufactory site. Transactions of the English Ceramics Circle. 2005, vol. 19, part 1. Cook, Cyril. Old English salt-glazed plates with printed decorations. Connoisseur. June 1958 Tilley, Frank. Ravenet an Engraver for Battersea Transfers on Saltglaze Plates. The Antique Collector. June 1963, pp. 121-128. Watney, Bernard. The Origins of some Ceramic Designs. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 1975, vol. 9, part 3, pp. 272-274. Goldweitz, Harriet Carlton. The Bear and two Travellers: an unrecorded saltglaze fable plate. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 1992, vol. 14, part 3.
Other number	Sch. II 229A - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:920/A-1885

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195636/plate-whieldon-thomas/

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