The Parish Beadle: GPL.11-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Parish Beadle

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter: Wilkie, David (After)

Entities

Pot lid

Categories

Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. On the top 'The Parish Beadle', after Sir David Wilkie, R.A., inscribed 'Thos. Jackson THE PARISH BEADLE After WILKIE' and on the inn sign 'THE/BONNY BLACK BEAR/BY/GILES GOSLING'; border, Fig. VIII b. (Williams-Wood, p. 103).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7.3 cm

Place(s) associated

Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Mid-Late
Victoria I
Production date: after AD 1852 : Registration mark: 1st July, 1852

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Text: 202/RAMSGATE/Sep.21.1926
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

Text: Thos. Jackson THE PARISH BEADLE After Wilkie
Location: On top of lid
Method of creation: Printed

Text: THE/BONNY BLACK BEAR/BY/GILES GOSLING
Location: On top of lid within picture
Method of creation: Printed

Inscription present: 1st July, 1852

Location: On top of lid
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Registration mark

References and bibliographic entries

Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): pp. 103, 136
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 139
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 142

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.11-1928
Primary reference Number: 14378
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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