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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

CERAMICS

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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