Plate

Museum Object Number 2021.0019.009.002

Object Name

Plate

Title

Frog leap-frogging an Elfin

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

1873-1877

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.98 (H) , 8.54 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.5 (H) , 21.7 (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 tile portraying identical scene: Identified as "Frog leap-froggin an Elfin" (Alternate Name: Elfins Series, Pattern No. 1410), pattern no. 15494, by Mintons China Works, one of 12 scenes in series by unknown designer, c. 1875.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Ten of twelve tile patterns in "Elfins Series" are included in blue- or brown-printed versions: See "Elfins Series, pattern No. 1410" by unknown designer for Mintons China Works, c. 1875.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs