Plate
- Title:
- The Escape of the Mouse
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1913.020
- Creator:
- Clews, James
Ceramicist ; Clews, RalphCeramicist - Place of Origin:
- Cobridge (Staffordshire), England
- Date:
- 1819-1834
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware earthenware, decorated in "old blue" underglaze transfer print. Circular plate with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Central view on inner surface, surrounded by a narrow decorative band, is an interior genre scene showing family excitedly pursuing mouse, which has taken refuge under chair. Border of scrolls and flowers with decorative band at edge. Printed mark on reverse in upper case Roman letters in blue: "THE ESCAPE OF THE / MOUSE. / FROM WILKIES DESIGNS". Impressed mark: "CLEWS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE" in circle mark around a crown. Above mark is an impressed "M".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-10.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Made in Cobridge, England, by the Clew Brothers, Ralph and James, 1819-1834.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Sarah C. Blodgett
- People:
- Clews, James, Clews, Ralph, Blodgett, Sarah C.
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