Dr. Johnson: GPL.69-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Dr. Johnson

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Painter: Ward, Edward Matthew (After)

Entities

Pot lid

Categories

Lead-glazed earthenware

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. On the top 'Dr. Johnson', adapted from Edward Ward, A.R.A., Dr. Johnson in the Anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, inscribed 'DR. JOHNSON'; border Fig. VIII a (Williams-Wood, p. 103).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.5 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
Circa 1860 CE - 1900 CE

School or Style

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

Inscription present: label with green border

Text: 226/July 5th/1924/(W)
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

Text: DR. JOHNSON
Location: On top of pot-lid
Method of creation: Printed

References and bibliographic entries

Apollo, January 1967 page(s): /p. 80-1
Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): pp. 103, 134
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 112
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 102

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.69-1928
Primary reference Number: 14673
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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