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The Listener: GPL.146-1928

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Listener

Maker(s)

Factory: F. & R. Pratt & Co.
Engraver: Payne, Albert Henry (After)
Production: Mayerheim (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On the top 'The Listener', from an engraving by A.H. Payne after Trina by Mayerheim, inscribed 'THE LISTNER'; border Fig. VIII h. (Williams-Wood, p. 103) without outer scalloped border.

Notes

History note: Possibly bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 9.3 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
Circa 1850 CE - 1900 CE

Note

From an engraving by A.H. Payne after Trina by Mayerheim.

School or Style

Victorian

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: THE LISTENER
  • Location: On top of pot-lid
  • Method of creation: Printed

Inscription present: the number 144A added later

  • Text: 257/Nov.15.1924/SW
  • Method of creation: Inscribed
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.146-1928
Primary reference Number: 14867
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Listener" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14867 Accessed: 2024-11-18 20:31:45

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