Plate
1820 (made)
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Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in blue with animals from Thomas Bewick's engravings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware transfer-printed in blue |
| Brief description | Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in blue, probably made by Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1820 |
| Physical description | Plate of earthenware transfer-printed in blue with animals from Thomas Bewick's engravings. |
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| Object history | The centre of the plate shows an image of 'The Stag' from Thomas Bewick's engraving from 'A General History of Quadrupeds' 1789, p. 105. combined with a doe from the same series. Examples of these engravings can be seen in the British Museum (1882,0311.3437 and 2006,U.1585) The border is decorated further with animals depicted in 'A General History of Quadrupeds'including a squirrel (BM print2006,U.1629). |
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| Bibliographic reference | The stag or red deer stands at the center of this 9.5 inch earthenware dinner plate. Behind him are two smaller stags and, perhaps, a female deer. The border consists of vignettes which Bewick used on the title pages or at the end of descriptions of animals. Two have been identified. One is called A Crouching Leopard Ready to Spring c. 1792, which appears in the third edition of Quadrupeds, p. 92. The other is Dogs Disputing, which appears in the 1826 edition of Bewick's Water Birds, p. 414. The other vignettes may also be by Bewick or by one of his apprentices. The Crouching Leopard vignette was used as the central pattern by other makers. See pp. 125-126 in An Illustrated Guide to Minton Printed Pottery by Geoffrey H Priestman for added information about this pattern.
Transferware Collectors Club 2017 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.200-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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