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Plate
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Plate
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
- Date:
early 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Spode Ceramic Works (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Stoneware transfer-printed in blue with a gilt edge
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Miss E.A. Evans
- Museum number:
474-1902
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 31, shelf 6
Physical description
Plate of stoneware transfer-printed in blue with a gilt edge. Lobed rim. Decorated with flowering plants, a bird and a grasshopper in the Chinese style within two borders.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)
Date
early 19th century (made)
Artist/maker
Spode Ceramic Works (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Stoneware transfer-printed in blue with a gilt edge
Marks and inscriptions
A cartouch enclosing simulated Chinese characters and 'SPODE / Stone China'
Printed in blue
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.6 cm
Descriptive line
Plate of stoneware transfer-printed in blue with a gilt edge, 'Grasshopper' pattern, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, early 19th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Copeland, R. 'Spode's Willow Pattern & Other Designs After the Chinese', 1980, p.142-3.
Drakard and Holdway, 'Spode Transfer Printed Wares 1784-1833', 2002, p. 206.
Production Note
'Grasshopper' pattern, P621-1.
Materials
Stoneware
Techniques
Transfer-printed; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Plants; Grasshopper; Borders; Bird
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection
Ceramics Collection