Plate
1872 (dated)
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Cream-coloured earthenware plate illustrative of the zodiacal sign Gemini. The design is partly transfer-printed (on-glaze), and painted in enamel colours, and shows two watchmen (?) in medieval dress within a square panel, which is superimposed on a background of branches on an olive-green mottled ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, transfer-printed (on glaze) and painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Plate, earthenware transfer-printed (on glaze) and painted in enamel colours, probably designed by Henry Stacy Marks, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, dated 1872. |
| Physical description | Cream-coloured earthenware plate illustrative of the zodiacal sign Gemini. The design is partly transfer-printed (on-glaze), and painted in enamel colours, and shows two watchmen (?) in medieval dress within a square panel, which is superimposed on a background of branches on an olive-green mottled ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MINTON' and date mark for 1872, impressed |
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| Accession number | CIRC.472-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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