Plate
ca. 1882-1885 (decorated)
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Plain circular bone chine plate 22.8cm (9") diameter, industrially formed ('jiggered' and 'jolleyed'). The upper suface with a green shiny glaze which has been overlaid with darker matt green glaze (the brighter green is visible only at the edges). The centre is transfer-printed in two tones of gold with a roundel depicting two pairs of lovers wearing Watteauesque dress in a landscape with buildings, and the border is printed in the same technique with a band with a repeating pattern of scrollwork. The base is printed in pale green enamel 'BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT / CHARLES BARLOW / HEATHFIELD WORKS / HANLEY STAFF' beneath royal arms.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Industrially formed (jiggered and jolleyed) bone china, glazed, enamelled and transfer-printed. |
| Brief description | Cabinet plate, porcelain with matt green glaze and two-tone gold transfer printing, decorated by Charles Barlow, Smithfield Works, Hanley, Staffordshire, ca.1882-1885 |
| Physical description | Plain circular bone chine plate 22.8cm (9") diameter, industrially formed ('jiggered' and 'jolleyed'). The upper suface with a green shiny glaze which has been overlaid with darker matt green glaze (the brighter green is visible only at the edges). The centre is transfer-printed in two tones of gold with a roundel depicting two pairs of lovers wearing Watteauesque dress in a landscape with buildings, and the border is printed in the same technique with a band with a repeating pattern of scrollwork. The base is printed in pale green enamel 'BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT / CHARLES BARLOW / HEATHFIELD WORKS / HANLEY STAFF' beneath royal arms. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Barbara Morris |
| Object history | Godden notes in his Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers (1988, p.122) that Charles Barlow took out a patent for a new form of bright and matt gold enrichments in October 1882 and that he then set himself up as a decorator of earthenware and bone china blanks purchased from various manufacturers. |
| Production | Blanks from other factories decorated at the Smithfield Works, Hanley, Staffs. |
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| Accession number | C.8-2005 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2005 |
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