Object Number 1964.0156.017

Object Name

Plate

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Neale & Co. Factory (Maker)
c. 1776-c. 1786
Made all manner of wares, but mostly earthenware, in Wedgwood style. 1778-c.1786 used impressed mark "NEALE & Co." Site was at Hanley, Staffordshire. Robert Wilson became partner in 1786. Mark "NEALE & WILSON" used c.1784-95 on earthenware and Wedgwood-type wares.

Place of Origin

Hanley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1780-1786

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside of plate; Impressed "NEALE & Co."
2. Mark; Underside of rim; Painted in puce, two closely spaced dots
3. Label; Underside of plate; Rectangular sticker with print: "Plate from Pottery Dessert Service/ originally owned by Hon. Perez Morton,/ Attorney-General of Massachusettes,/ and his wife Sarah Apthorpe Morton./ Made by Neale and Company, Potters/ at Hanley, England, circa 1790."

Subjects

American market (English manufacture); American ownership history (foreign manuf)

Materials

Earthenware (creamware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

1 (H) , 8.75 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.54 (H) , 22.23 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cushion, J. P. & Honey, W. B. 1980 Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks.
• Mark information on p. 139.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 162, fig. 7.