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Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Plate, ca. 1896. Earthenware, underglaze, 3/4 x 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (1.9 x 23.2 x 23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman, 81.6.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Plate

Date

ca. 1896

Medium

Earthenware, underglaze

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

3/4 x 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (1.9 x 23.2 x 23.2 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

ni inscriptions

Markings

Impressed on back: "DMY [date cipher for December 1896] / S [potter's mark] / WEDGEWOOD" On back, printed in underglaze blue: "SOLE IMPORTERS" around a circle containing a lion rampant holding a globe, standing on a platform marked "BOSTON", "JONES McDUFFEE & STRATON Co" around inner edge of circle; "WEDGWOOD / ETRURIA / ENGLAND"; "COPYRIGHT J.McD & S / 1895"; "BOSTON IN 1768"; and "C"

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Liberman

Accession Number

81.6.3

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