The Lion and the Rat
Ceramics
Minton factory (Maker)
John Moyr Smith (Designer)
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1873-1880
Earthenware
Molded, Printed
2021.0019.002.004
Object Number2021.0019.002.004 |
Plate (Fable plate)
The Lion and the Rat
Ceramics
Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers
Minton factory (Maker)
1793
John Moyr Smith (Designer)
1839-1912
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1873-1880
1. Mark; Underside; Impressed "MINTONS" plus square and illegible marks
Fable; Morality; Literary scene; Literature; Aesop; Aesop's Fable
Earthenware
Molded, Printed
0.9 (H) , 8.6 (Diam)
2.286 (H) , 21.844 (Diam)
Measurements as per collector.
Text available soon.
[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 plus bowl in same pattern as Winterthur plate: Identified as "The Lion and the Rat" (Alternate Name: The Lion and the Mouse, Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364, Fables), pattern no. 13440. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 tiles in series. Mintons 1873-1950.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs