Object Number 2021.0019.002.002

Object Name

Plate (Fable plate)

Title

"The Hare & the Tortoise Run a Race"

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers

Creator (Role)

Minton factory (Maker)
1793

John Moyr Smith (Designer)
1839-1912

Place of Origin

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1873-1880

Subjects

Fable; Morality; Literary scene; Literature; Aesop; Aesop's Fable

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.9 (H) , 8.6 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.2 (H) , 21.9 (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 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Blue-printed square Minton tile portraying identical scene: Identified as ""The Hare & the Tortoise Run a Race" (Alternate Name: Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364), pattern no. 15861. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 tiles in series.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs