Object Number 2021.0019.005.001

Object Name

Plate

Title

Japanese Crane

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers

Creator (Role)

Minton factory
1793

Place of Origin

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

Date

1883

Materials

Porcelain (soft paste, bone china)

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

1 (H) , 9.5 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.54 (H) , 24.13 (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 Minton plate from same series (with different central bird and lacking gilding): Identified as "Japanese Crane," pattern no. 17416. "Impressed marks: MINTONS J II [arrow = 1874]. Printed diamond registry and factory mark with MINTON and pattern name "Japanese Crane." The design was registered December 10, 1872 ...The pattern is adapted from a Japanese jardiniere that was shown at the London Great Exhibition, 1862...
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Shared design inspiration on Minton tile: Differently arranged cranes and waves pattern included as "Flying Cranes and Full Moon" (Alternate Name: "No. 1397, G", Japanese Cranes Over Waves). "...adapted from a Japanese jardinière...shown at the London Great Exhibition in 1862...Minton Archive has a drawing signed by Christopher Dresser that adapts the jardinière motif to a horizontal format..."