Dessert Plate
ca. 1905 (made)
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Object Type
This dessert plate features decoration of an attractive but botanically inaccurate spray of blackberry branches, bearing both berries and blossom. The asymmetry and simple naturalism of the design are influenced by Japanese art.
Materials & Making
This dessert plate is made in earthenware with an on-glaze transfer-printed decoration in brown. The colours have been added by hand. Transfer prints were commercially available and could be bought and used by several factories. Each factory made its own choice in how to position the printed design on the ware and whether to add colours, or gilding by hand. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. registered this arrangement as a 'Pattern for dinner service' in June 1884.
Manufacturer
Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co operated the Cauldon Place Works, Hanley, Staffordshire, established about 1802 by Job Ridgway (died 1814). The company was one of the largest in the area by the 1870s, with over 1000 employees. It made a wide variety of table and toilet wares in earthenware and porcelain, and ornamental Parian, eggshell porcelain and majolica wares. It also supplied both the British and Russian royal families.
This dessert plate features decoration of an attractive but botanically inaccurate spray of blackberry branches, bearing both berries and blossom. The asymmetry and simple naturalism of the design are influenced by Japanese art.
Materials & Making
This dessert plate is made in earthenware with an on-glaze transfer-printed decoration in brown. The colours have been added by hand. Transfer prints were commercially available and could be bought and used by several factories. Each factory made its own choice in how to position the printed design on the ware and whether to add colours, or gilding by hand. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. registered this arrangement as a 'Pattern for dinner service' in June 1884.
Manufacturer
Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co operated the Cauldon Place Works, Hanley, Staffordshire, established about 1802 by Job Ridgway (died 1814). The company was one of the largest in the area by the 1870s, with over 1000 employees. It made a wide variety of table and toilet wares in earthenware and porcelain, and ornamental Parian, eggshell porcelain and majolica wares. It also supplied both the British and Russian royal families.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, transfer-printed and hand-painted |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Design registered in June 1884 by Brown - Westhead, Moore & Co.
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
Dessert plates were highly decorated with richly painted and printed designs, pierced borders and gilding. The patterns were quite distinct from those used for the main course and the plates themselves were slightly smaller.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Manufactured by Cauldon Ltd., Hanley, Staffordshire |
| Summary | Object Type This dessert plate features decoration of an attractive but botanically inaccurate spray of blackberry branches, bearing both berries and blossom. The asymmetry and simple naturalism of the design are influenced by Japanese art. Materials & Making This dessert plate is made in earthenware with an on-glaze transfer-printed decoration in brown. The colours have been added by hand. Transfer prints were commercially available and could be bought and used by several factories. Each factory made its own choice in how to position the printed design on the ware and whether to add colours, or gilding by hand. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. registered this arrangement as a 'Pattern for dinner service' in June 1884. Manufacturer Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co operated the Cauldon Place Works, Hanley, Staffordshire, established about 1802 by Job Ridgway (died 1814). The company was one of the largest in the area by the 1870s, with over 1000 employees. It made a wide variety of table and toilet wares in earthenware and porcelain, and ornamental Parian, eggshell porcelain and majolica wares. It also supplied both the British and Russian royal families. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.243-1970 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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