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Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Nursery Tales: Old Mother Hubbard
Brownhills Pottery Co.
1887
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2023.0014.006.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Irving and Davida Shipkowitz Family Trust
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Object Number
2023.0014.006.002
Object Name
Plate (Child's or alphabet plate)
Title
Nursery Tales: Old Mother Hubbard
Category
Ceramics - Shipkowitz Collection
Creator (Role)
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1887
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Transfer-printed brown rectangle with "R\d. N\o. 75,500" above and below frame inscribed respectively "TUNSTALL" and "ENGLAND"
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Transfer-printed brown alphabet (upper case)
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: Transfer-printed brown in frame of scene "NURSERY TALES / OLD MOTHER HUBBARD"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Childcare
- Education
- Nursery rhyme
- Education
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
0.83 (H) x 7.2 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.1 (H) x 18.3 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurement taken from Shipkowitz book "The ABC's of ABC Ware" 7.25"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Published: p. 183, fig. E55, Brownhills Pottery Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire. Factory date: 1872-96. Registry Mark 75500 date: 1887.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: pattern title listed as "Old Mother Hubbard" (Alternate name: Nursery Tales), pattern no. 5701, Brownhills Pottery Co. (1872-96), Tunstall, Staffordshire. Maker's mark (TCC) 52748Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• Staffordshire figure of Old Mother Hubbard: p. 321, fig. 1179, notes source is from 1805 nursery rhyme by Sarah Catherine Martin (1768-1826).