Plate (Fable plate)

Museum Object Number 2021.0019.002.004

Object Name

Plate (Fable plate)

Title

The Lion and the Rat

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers

Creator (Role)

Minton factory (Maker)

John Moyr Smith (Designer)

Date of Birth

17931839

Date of Death

1912

Place of Origin

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1873-1880

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Impressed "MINTONS" plus square and illegible marks

Subjects

Fable; Morality; Literary scene; Literature; Aesop; Aesop's Fable

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.9 (H) , 8.6 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.286 (H) , 21.844 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements as per collector.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Blue-printed square Minton tile portraying identical scene plus bowl in same pattern as Winterthur plate: Identified as "The Lion and the Rat" (Alternate Name: The Lion and the Mouse, Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364, Fables), pattern no. 13440. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 tiles in series. Mintons 1873-1950.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs