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Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Aesop's Fables: The Dog and the Shadow
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2023.0014.005.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Irving and Davida Shipkowitz Family Trust
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Object Number
2023.0014.005.001
Object Name
Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Title
Aesop's Fables: The Dog and the Shadow
Category
Ceramics - Shipkowitz Collection
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front border
Inscription: Transfer-printed brown alphabet (upper case)
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Transfer-printed brown "AESOP'S FABLES / THE DOG AND THE SHADOW"
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Morality
- Education
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
0.91 (H) x 8.03 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.3 (H) x 20.4 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurement taken from Shipkowitz book "The ABC's of ABC Ware" 8"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Published: p. 183, fig. E58, no mark.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Very similar plate with different painted details: pattern title listed as "The Fox and the Grapes" (Alternate name: Aesop's Fables), pattern no. 5493, Brownhills Pottery Co. (1872-96), Tunstall, Staffordshire.