Object Number 1956.0038.055

Object Name

Plate (Dinner plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1767-1768

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface, center of reserve; Painted in underglaze blue "Willes Popham/& Liberty"
2. Label; Underside, within footrim; Rectangular, buff-colored paper with a serrated red border and "1765/on 8" handwritten in pencil

Subjects

Electioneering; Government; Political figure

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.1 (H) , 9.1 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.7 (H) , 23.2 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Electronic] Grigsby, Leslie B. The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries 08/11/2023 https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A4HFDOFFAQCH2Z8J
• Electioneering plates of the semae general type: see vol. 2, nos. D60-D62.
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Electioneering plates of the semae general type: see vol. 2, nos. D60-D62.
[Book] Gibson, William. 2007 Religion and the Enlightenment 1600-1800: Conflict and the Rise of Civic Humanism in Taunton.
• Discussion of Whig candidates Edward Willes and Alexander Popham in 1768 Taunton, England election.