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Plate, "Melbourne Pattern"

Gildea & Walker; Dale Hall Works

Caption

Gildea & Walker; Dale Hall Works (1881–1885). Plate, "Melbourne Pattern", design patented August 27,1881; manufactured October 1883. Earthenware, 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (2.2 x 20.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Tuggle, 88.156.14.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Plate, "Melbourne Pattern"

Date

design patented August 27,1881; manufactured October 1883

Medium

Earthenware

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (2.2 x 20.6 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

There are various marks on the bottom: top mark, printed in brown, is a double circle framing the image of a potter and "MELBOURNE / 1790 / G. & W. / Late Mayers". Stamped on bottom is "GILDEA & WALKER', and "10 / 83" (The stamp "IVORY" indicates the color of the clay body, and "10/83" indicates the month and year of production (October 1883). The crowning number "IV" on patent mark refers to the classification for both glass and ceramics.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Tuggle

Accession Number

88.156.14

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Artists and makers

Gildea & Walker

6 works in the collection

Dale Hall Works

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