Plate Profile
late 18th century (made)
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To increase efficiency, the potteries moved towards the standardisation of shapes and sizes. Retailers also demanded standardisation. As in other trades, pottery workers used their own specialist tools. They often had to make them themselves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Creamware |
| Brief description | Creamware profiling tool, Leeds, late 18th Century. |
| Physical description | Creamware profiling tool. |
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| Gallery label | Profile for making a plate
Made in Leeds, Yorkshire, about 1780-1800
Mark: '12 R', incised
Lead-glazed earthenware
C.78-1932 Legh Tolson Bequest(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Legh Tolson Bequest |
| Summary | To increase efficiency, the potteries moved towards the standardisation of shapes and sizes. Retailers also demanded standardisation. As in other trades, pottery workers used their own specialist tools. They often had to make them themselves. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.78-1932 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2002 |
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