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The Fox and the Sheep
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons - Enlarge image
The Fox and the Sheep
- Object:
Plate
- Place of origin:
Etruria (made)
Liverpool (printed) - Date:
ca. 1775 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware transfer-printed with red enamel over the glaze and painted
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:1135/A-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery, case 9, shelf 7
Physical description
Plate of earthenware transfer-printed with red enamel over the glaze, with a wavy edge and outlined in green. Printed with the 'The Fox and the Sheep' from Aesop's Fables, and has a square rococo border, and the print is represented as suspended from a knotted ribbon by festoons of husk-pattern painted in green. Detached sprays of flowers are printed on the rim.
Place of Origin
Etruria (made)
Liverpool (printed)
Date
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed with red enamel over the glaze and painted
Marks and inscriptions
'WEDGWOOD' and a tool mark
Impressed
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.4 cm
Object history note
One of twelve plates 414:1135/A to L-1885 (Sch. II 401A to L).
Descriptive line
Plate 'The Fox and the Sheep' of earthenware transfer-printed with red enamel over the glaze, with a wavy edge, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Etruria, printed in Liverpool, ca 1775.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Towner, Donald. Creamware. London : Faber & Faber, 1978. 61 p., pl. 20a & p. 64.
Materials
Earthenware
Techniques
Transfer printed; Painted
Subjects depicted
Festoons; Flowers; Sheep; Fox
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection
Ceramics Collection
