Plate

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Plate
Datec. 1820
Made inEngland
MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
Dimensions9/16 x 7 3/8 in. diameter (1.5 x 18.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle in memory of Mrs. David B. Smith, Dr. Robert A. McClure, Mrs. Thomas W. Hopkins, Jr., Mrs. Fred C. Branson and in honor of the President-Elect, Mrs. Robert M. Prioleau and the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle
Object numberB.95.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionIn the 1770s, seeking to further refine cream-colored earthenware, Josiah Wedgwood developed a whiter clay body and added cobalt to the lead glaze formula to counteract its natural yellowish tint. The greater whiteness gave the ware a closer resemblance to porcelain, especially when decorated with blue. Many potteries produced pearlware, as it came to be called, using a variety of techniques to decorate it.
Provenance[Jane McClafferty Antiques, New Canaan, Connecticut]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition History"A Present from the Staffordshire Potteries," Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston, George R. Brown Convention Center, September 23–26, 2004.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed around the picture in blue: A PRESENT/FROM THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES

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