Description:
English creamware plate decorated with black transfer prints (bat method) with a view of a ruined temple standing in a rural landscape with a bridge and hill nearby, and two Arabs in the foreground, which is usually described as "Corinthian Ruins." The design was taken from the London print dealer and map seller Robert Sayer's (1725-1794) "The Ruin of Athens" with the Bridge over the River Ilissus on the left and the Temple of Augustus in Pola (or Pula) in Istria, Crotia, on the right. This plate, which is impressed "WEDGWOOD," was transfer printed by the Liverpool firm of John Sadler and Guy Green who worked together until Sadler's retirement in 1770. Green continued alone, printing Wedgwood's creamware at least until Josiah's death in 1795 and possibly as late as 1799. The scalloped-edged rim has a press-molded, feather edge border and six black transfer-printed floral sprays that frequently appear on Wedgwood's creamware bowls and borders of plates and dishes printed by Green. This plate was formerly in the collection of John B. Morris, Jr. (#1216), given to Deerfield Academy, and then purchased from DA in 1981.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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