Plate (Fable plate)

  • Title:

    The Fox dines with the Stork

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Minton factory (Maker)

    John Moyr Smith (Designer)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1873-1880

  • Materials:

    Earthenware

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    2021.0019.002.006


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2021.0019.002.006

Object Name

Plate (Fable plate)

Title

The Fox dines with the Stork

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)

1.102 (H) , 8.465 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.8 (H) , 21.5 (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 Fox dines with the Stork" (Alternate Name: The Fox and the Stork, Aesop's Fables, Pattern No. 1364, Fables), pattern no. 13441. Discusses the fable and its moral. One of 12 tiles in series.
[Book] Stapleton, Annamarie. 2020 John Moyr Smith 1839-1912: A Victorian Designer.
Book focused on John Moyr Smith designs