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Plate (Alphabet plate)
CHAFFINCH & GOLDFINCH
Brownhills Pottery Co.
1884
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2006.0010.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Eva L. Verplanck
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Object Number
2006.0010.001
Object Name
Plate (Alphabet plate)
Title
CHAFFINCH & GOLDFINCH
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Brownhills Pottery Co. (Maker)
Place of Origin
Tunstall; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1884
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Registration mark printed in black within a rectangle: "Rd. No. 154", "TUNSTALL" above, "ENGLAND/ B.P. Co." below
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: "10/91" impressed
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Education
Materials
- Earthenware (white)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.8 (H) x 7.2 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.1 (H) x 18.3 (Diam)
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
• Published: included under pattern name Chaffinch & Goldfinch (alternate names: Birds series) and pattern number 5181.Book: Riley, Noel. 1991 Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790- 1890. 312.
• Tunstall alphabet children's plates: figs. 351, 721Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Plate in same pattern with different painted details: p. 191. Brownhills Pottery Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire, Staffordshire. Factory dates: 1872-96. Registry Mark #154 date: 1884