The Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts
Ceramics
Minton factory (Maker)
John Moyr Smith (Designer)
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1873-1880
Earthenware
Molded, Printed
2021.0019.002.001
Object Number2021.0019.002.001 |
Dish (Compote)
The Ape, The Cat & The Roast Chestnuts
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
Fable; Morality; Literary scene; Literature; Aesop; Aesop's Fable
Earthenware
Molded, Printed
2.126 (H) , 9.685 (Diam)
5.4 (H) , 24.6 (Diam)
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: 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. Mintons 1873-1950.
[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.Mintons 1873-1950.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
• Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs