Plate, Dinner
- Object Name:
- Plate, Dinner
- Object ID:
- 1942.001.01.03
- Creator:
- Ridgway, John
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Hanley, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1830-1841
- Description:
- Dinner plate. Whiteware earthenware. Queen's pattern, scalloped rim. Foot ring present. Decoration done in brown transfer print and handpainted polychrome. Decorative motif includes pink blossoms with brown, green and blue leaves and a red "V". This motif is in center of plate and is repeated in six places on shoulder. Rim decoration is an orange band interspersed with blue flowers. Zigzag pattern between rim flowers. Maker's marks on bottom of plate depict a lion and unicorn with an oval crowned belt between them and a ribbon beneath them. On belt is written in upper case letters: "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE". On ribbon is written in upper case letters: "DIEU ET MON DROIT". Beneath ribbon are maker's initials in upper case letters, "J.R.", and pattern name in upper case letters, "GROSVENOR". Additional marks on bottom include "6050" in red, a "V" with two dots in red, an incised "X". Adhesive tape label with donor information is also on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-1.3 Dia-10.3 inches
- Provenance:
- From the ceramics collection of Margaret H. Jewell.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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