Plate

  • Title:

    Frog leap-frogging an Elfin

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Minton factory (Maker)

    John Moyr Smith (Designer)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1873-1877

  • Materials:

    Earthenware

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    2021.0019.009.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2021.0019.009.002

Object Name

Plate

Title

Frog leap-frogging an Elfin

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

1873-1877

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

0.98 (H) , 8.54 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.5 (H) , 21.7 (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 tile portraying identical scene: Identified as "Frog leap-froggin an Elfin" (Alternate Name: Elfins Series, Pattern No. 1410), pattern no. 15494, by Mintons China Works, one of 12 scenes in series by unknown designer, c. 1875.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
Ten of twelve tile patterns in "Elfins Series" are included in blue- or brown-printed versions: See "Elfins Series, pattern No. 1410" by unknown designer for Mintons China Works, c. 1875.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs