Description:
English salt-glazed stoneware, press-molded circular plate with a wavy-edged rim with a raised relief border of alternating five-dot-and-star trellis panels, separated by pairs of scrolling plumes. The well has a large purple transfer print of the Royal Arms, with two lions and a unicorn, and two mottoes: "HONI SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE" surrounding the shield; and "DIEU. ET. MON. DROIT" in the banner below, which was used by the English Kings George II and George III from 1714 to 1801. Transfer prints were rarely used on salt glazes since it is not a good surface for printing. The attribution of transfer printing on stoneware has vascillated between Liverpool and Battersea, with recent scholarship suggesting Battersea. There are similar plates in the Wheldon and Colonial Williamsburg collections. Matches HD 59.260.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware Link to share this object record:
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