Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Plate, ca. 1863. Earthenware with tortoise shell glaze, 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles, 64.82.370.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Plate

Date

ca. 1863

Medium

Earthenware with tortoise shell glaze

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

"WEDGWOOD", it had a blue under glaze "X" with a dot and a "Y". It is marked "FUR" which is an example of the "Three Letter Mark" that was used from 1860 to 1930. It indicates the month, the potter's mark and the year.

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

64.82.370

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