Plate
1958 (made)
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Blue jasper stoneware plate of shallow form, with spreading rim and low foot-ring, and decorated with applied white reliefs of a coelacanth fish in the centre, a fillet below and motto 'LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE J.L.S. SMITH', and on the rim are three shells and sea anemone.
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware and applied reliefs |
Brief description | Blue jasper stoneware plate of shallow form, with spreading rim and low foot-ring, and decorated with applied white reliefs, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Barlaston, 1958. |
Physical description | Blue jasper stoneware plate of shallow form, with spreading rim and low foot-ring, and decorated with applied white reliefs of a coelacanth fish in the centre, a fillet below and motto 'LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE J.L.S. SMITH', and on the rim are three shells and sea anemone. |
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Credit line | Given by the East London Museum |
Object history | Plate made to commemorate the discovery in 1938 of the coelacanth fish, now in the East London Museum in South Africa. |
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Accession number | C.2-1960 |
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Record created | October 23, 2008 |
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