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Plate
Japanese Crane
Minton factory
1883
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Minton factory
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft paste, bone china)
Museum Object Number
2021.0019.005.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers
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Complete Details
Object Number
2021.0019.005.001
Object Name
Plate
Title
Japanese Crane
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Minton factory
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1883
Materials
- Porcelain (soft paste, bone china)
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1 (H) x 9.5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.54 (H) x 24.13 (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
• Blue-printed Minton plate from same series (with different central bird and lacking gilding): Identified as "Japanese Crane," pattern no. 17416. "Impressed marks: MINTONS J II [arrow = 1874]. Printed diamond registry and factory mark with MINTON and pattern name "Japanese Crane." The design was registered December 10, 1872 ...The pattern is adapted from a Japanese jardiniere that was shown at the London Great Exhibition, 1862...Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Shared design inspiration on Minton tile: Differently arranged cranes and waves pattern included as "Flying Cranes and Full Moon" (Alternate Name: "No. 1397, G", Japanese Cranes Over Waves). "...adapted from a Japanese jardinière...shown at the London Great Exhibition in 1862...Minton Archive has a drawing signed by Christopher Dresser that adapts the jardinière motif to a horizontal format..."