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Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise
Brownhills Pottery Co.
1872-1880
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2023.0014.005.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Irving and Davida Shipkowitz Family Trust
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Object Number
2023.0014.005.004
Object Name
Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Title
Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise
Category
Ceramics - Shipkowitz Collection
Creator (Role)
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1872-1880
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front border
Inscription: Transfer-printed blackish-brown alphabet (upper case)
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Transfer-printed blackish-brown "AESOP'S FABLES / THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE"
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Morality
- Education
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
0.87 (H) x 7.56 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.2 (H) x 19.2 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurement taken from Shipkowitz book "The ABC's of ABC Ware" 7.5"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Published: p. 184, fig. E64, no mark. "Chalala dates production 1875."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 Hare And The Tortoise" (Alternate name: Aesop's Fables), pattern no. 5496, Brownhills Pottery Co. (1872-96), Tunstall, Staffordshire.