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Plate

ca. 1751-1754 (made), ca. 1754 (decorated)
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.

Object details

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 referenceAesop'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 createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
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