Ralph & James Clews
Platter

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Platter
Datec. 1825–1834
Made inCobridge, England
MediumLead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
Dimensions10 11/16 × 7 13/16 in. (27.1 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.5
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe Dr. Syntax patterns are based on drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, the earliest of which were published in the Poetical Magazine between 1809–1811, with verses written by William Combe, as a parody of the popular books of the day about picturesque travels. These verse and drawings were published in book form as The Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque in 1812, which included the drawing Doctor Syntax Copying the Wit of the Window pictured on this platter. This was followed by The Second Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of Consolation in 1820.

Provenance[Samuel H. Laidacker (1904–1994), Bristol, Pennsylvania]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, February 18, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on back: Doctor Syntax / copying the wit / of the Window [in rectangle]
Marked on bottom: CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE [in outer circle around inner circle enclosing crown]

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