Object Number 2021.0019.004

Object Name

Plate (Alphabet plate)

Title

Japanese [and] Nations of the World

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers

Creator (Role)

Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
1872-1896

Place of Origin

Tunstall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

December 14 1883 (1883-1883)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front; Front inscribed in transfer-print "NATIONS OF THE WORLD / JAPANESE."

Subjects

Education

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Printed, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (H) , 7.25 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.905 (H) , 18.415 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements as per collector.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Same pattern (with different painted details): Included as "Japanese" (Alternate Name: "Nations of the World"), pattern no. 15594. "The maker is Brownhills Pottery and the Registry diamond indicates a date of December 14,1883. ...There are 24 patterns in this series." Mark with additional "B.P. & Co."
[Book] Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Several plates from series, with design source: pp. 290-92, the source being "The Picture Alphabet of the Nations of the World, In 100 Nineteenth Century Alphabets in English" (1972), originally published in Edinburgh: T. Neslon & Sons 1874
[Book] Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Detail of plate in same pattern and colors: p. 291, fig. T39, referencing figs. T35-T36 re design source. (See above re Alphabet of Nations.))
[Electronic] Thomas Nelson & Sons. Picture Alphabet of Nations of the World. Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections 09/23/2022 https://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:Picturea1874b10903409
• Design source: unnumbered page, with (opp. p.) caption: "THE JAPANESE / In far Japan, a patient race / Is famed for arts of peace; / And still their wealth and still their power / Through industry increase."