Object Number 2021.0019.002.005

Object Name

Plate (Fable plate)

Title

The Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts

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

Aesop's Fable; Fable; Literary scene; Literature

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.142 (H) , 8.622 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.9 (H) , 21.9 (Diam)

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 Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts" (Alternate Name: The Monkey and the Cat, Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364, Fables), the pattern is listed as no. 2990. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 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
• Brown-printed Minton plate in identical overall pattern: Identified as "The Ape and the Cat and the Roasted Chestnuts" (Alternate Name: Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Monkey), the pattern listed as no. 17313. Notes 12 tiles in series.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs