Plate, "Melbourne Pattern"
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Earthenware
DATES
design patented August 27,1881; manufactured October 1883
DIMENSIONS
7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (2.2 x 20.6 cm)
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.)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
88.156.14
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Robert Tuggle
MUSEUM LOCATION
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