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Plate (Alphabet plate)
Japanese [and] Nations of the World
Brownhills Pottery Co., Thomas Nelson & Sons
December 14 1883 (1883-1883)
Description
The design inspiration for the scene on this plate is an illustration in Thomas Nelson and Sons "Picture Alphabet of the Nations of the World" (1874). The image for "THE JAPANESE" features a rhyme: "In far Japan, a patient race Is famed for arts of peace; And still their wealth and still their power Through industry increase." Other images in the publication illustrate other "Nations," from Abyssinians and Bedoins to Laplanders and Zealanders." Some of the figures are reproduced as printed ornament on other Brownhills earthenware plates.
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2021.0019.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers
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Object Number
2021.0019.004
Object Name
Plate (Alphabet plate)
Title
Japanese [and] Nations of the World
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker); Thomas Nelson & Sons (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
December 14 1883 (1883-1883)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Front inscribed in transfer-print "NATIONS OF THE WORLD / JAPANESE."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Education
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Printed
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
0.75 (H) x 7.25 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.905 (H) x 18.415 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurements as per collector.
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
• Same pattern (with different painted details): Included as "Japanese" (Alternate Name: "Nations of the World"), pattern no. 15594. "The maker is Brownhills Pottery and the Registry diamond indicates a date of December 14,1883. ...There are 24 patterns in this series." Mark with additional "B.P. & Co."Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Several plates from series, with design source: pp. 290-92, the source being "The Picture Alphabet of the Nations of the World, In 100 Nineteenth Century Alphabets in English" (1972), originally published in Edinburgh: T. Neslon & Sons 1874Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Detail of plate in same pattern and colors: p. 291, fig. T39, referencing figs. T35-T36 re design source. (See above re Alphabet of Nations.))Electronic: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Picture Alphabet of Nations of the World. Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections 09/23/2022 https://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:Picturea1874b10903409
• Design source: unnumbered page, with (opp. p.) caption: "THE JAPANESE / In far Japan, a patient race / Is famed for arts of peace; / And still their wealth and still their power / Through industry increase."