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Plate (Fable plate)
Ye Stork Inviteth Ye Fox to Dinner
W.T. Copeland & Sons, Ltd.
March 12, 1881 (1881-1881)
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
W.T. Copeland & Sons, Ltd. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2021.0019.001.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers
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Complete Details
Object Number
2021.0019.001.002
Object Name
Plate (Fable plate)
Title
Ye Stork Inviteth Ye Fox to Dinner
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
W.T. Copeland & Sons, Ltd. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
March 12, 1881 (1881-1881)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Printed "YE STORK / INVITETH / YE FOX / TO DINNER"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Morality
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.9 (H) x 10.25 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.286 (H) x 26.035 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurements as per collector.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1991 Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks.
• Copeland impressed date marks: p. 171, no. 1075, stating month letter is superimposed over two-digit year numbers. (Thus the "N/74" on the Winterthur plate corresponds with November 1874.)Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Plate bearing same printed design picked out in color: pattern title listed as Loading. Please wait...Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Soup plate from same series: Object features the pattern "Ye Eagle & Tortoise," pattern no. 6128. "...one of a series of Aesthetic style designs based on Aesop's Fables that were registered by Copelands in 1879..."Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Plate from same series: Object features the pattern "Ye Bear & Ye Bees," pattern no. 19211. Similarly to the Winterthur plate, "The diamond registry mark...on the back, shows the date for March 12, 1881."