Dish (Compote)

Museum Object Number 2021.0019.002.001

Object Name

Dish (Compote)

Title

The Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts

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

Subjects

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

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

2.126 (H) , 9.685 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.4 (H) , 24.6 (Diam)

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: Identified as "The Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts" (Alternate Name: The Monkey and the Cat, Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364, Fables), the pattern is listed as no. 2990. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 tiles in series. Mintons 1873-1950.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Brown-printed Minton plate in identical overall pattern: Identified as "The Ape and the Cat and the Roasted Chestnuts" (Alternate Name: Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Monkey), the pattern listed as no. 17313. Notes 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