Tile (Fireplace, wall or calendar tile)

  • Title:

    June

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)

    Helen Jane Arundel Miles (Designer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1880-1890

  • Materials:

    Earthenware; Lead or Bristol glaze

  • Techniques:

    Printed, Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    2016.0012


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2016.0012

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace, wall or calendar tile)

Title

June

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Judith Siddall & David Hoexter

Creator (Role)

Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
1769

Helen Jane Arundel Miles (Designer)

Place of Origin

Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1880-1890

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Relief-molded, raised letters "JOSIAH / WEDGWOOD & SONS / ETRURIA"
2. Inscription; Underside; Pencilled "96"
3. Inscription; Front, lower right; Transferprinted "June" in unerglaze brown

Subjects

Months

Materials

Earthenware; Lead or Bristol glaze

Techniques

Printed, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

0.394 (H) , 8.071 (L) , 8.071 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1 (H) , 20.5 (L) , 20.5 (W)

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
Published: included under pattern name "June" and pattern number 17207 (alternate names: Months and Bell Flowers). Maker identified as Josiah Wedgwood. "The one inch border added, called 'Bell Flower', enlarges the original 6x6 inch tile as seen here as the center of the tile." Notes other tiles in series.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
Same (square) central reserve in polychrome on plate: identified as pattern name "'June' #02" and pattern number 13497 (alternative names: Months, "A4358" and "Florentine"). Maker identified as Josiah Wedgwood, with printed mark.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
Same (square) central reserve in blue and white within polychrome border on plate: identified as pattern name "'June' #01" and pattern number 3448 (alternative names: Months, "C2108"). Maker identified as Josiah Wedgwood, with impressed and painted printed marks.
[Book] Coysh, A. W. & Henrywood, R. K. 1982 The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880. 1.
Calendar (May) tile with related decoration: p. 363, tile with scene portraying "May" perhaps by same designer; made without a border. Blue and white 1870+. Molded mark "JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS/ETRURIA/PATENT IMPRESSED TILE."
[Book] Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
Discussion of Miles as artist plus images of month, Shakespeare-themed, and other tiles: vol. II, pp. 399-403; p. 392, col. pl. C48