15929910440001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75411170810661107115948502210001708106603497fitz-onlineadlib-object-75411https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411b1ef0c69-cf68-3131-a98f-ea557d4e00e54referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-133689adlib-term-1336894ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56majolica warereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazeDecorationreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingApplied ArtsEarthenware, moulded in relief, majolica glaze decorationCircular plate with moulded ridge running around inner and outer sides of rim. Centre decorated with a raised design incorporating eight ears of wheat radiating from a geometric leaf and flower motif , surrounded by a strip of stylised leaves. Rim decorated with the motto ‘WASTE NOT WANT NOT’, in Gothic lettering, the words separated by floral motifs. The letters are glazed deep blue, other parts are clear glazed. The underside is recessed, forming a pronounced foot-rim, and glazed. A suspension hole has been drilled through one of the floral motifs on the rim.C.52-19721accession numberC.52-197275411priref75411urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411undersideimpressedMINTONS / BBfactory mark(script-type letter)undersideimpressedEmark(Roman type)undersideimpressedEmarkundersideimpressed430marktiny oval stamp containing crossundersideimpressedmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBought using the Perceval Fund and a Grant-in-Aid from the Victoria and Albert Museumreferenceagent-160895adlib-agent-160895a1eb7880-da59-3f1e-96f8-35488a6c8c56Stainton, Thomas197219721972boughtEntry date: 1972-10-191875CE1875dated1875productionreferenceagent-153865adlib-agent-153865853be336-7cfb-32d1-aa54-fb4dff401cf0Minton & Co.(from 1873)referenceagent-192318adlib-agent-19231844c204bb-e5d3-3e5f-a7cd-7f9bae4b2916Mintons Ltddesignerreferenceagent-111263adlib-agent-111263e4a27eac-d26a-3f1a-b0f7-b241d1cd4ffdPugin, Augustus Welby NorthmoreAugustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) was a leading proponent of the Gothic style and believed it could be successfully applied to all designs, from domestic tableware to church interiors. A three-coloured, inlaid version of this plate was shown at the Birmingham Exhibition of 1849 and an engraving was printed in the Journal of Design the following year. The design, listed in the Minton ornamental shape books as ‘430 Tray, bread, Pugin’s ‘WASTE NOT WANT NOT’, encaustic (M)’, was available for many years, produced with either inlaid (encaustic) design or in relief-decorated Majolica (the final ‘M’ in the shape book indicates Majolica). On this Majolica example, the factory mark indicates a date after 1873, which is confirmed by the impressed year mark for 1875.Minton, founded in 1793, originally produced blue printed earthenware and, later, creamware, bone china and other products, particularly tableware. Taking over in 1836, Herbert Minton revolutionised production methods and introduced new lines in encaustic and printed tiles, figures and ornamental wares. Minton encaustic tiles, designed by Pugin c.1850, featured extensively in Pugin’s designs for the interior of the new Palace of Westminster and wares ‘coloured in the Majolica style’ were introduced, to great acclaim, at the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1858 the business passed to Herbert’s nephew, Colin Minton Campbell (1827-85), who continued the expansion. The early business traded under various names, from 1845 it was known as Minton & Co. and from 1873 as Mintons Ltd.The ears of wheat in the design symbolise bread, indicating the function of the plate. The motto ‘waste not want not’, first recorded in 1772, would have had special meaning when Pugin designed the plate, at the end of a decade when many people went hungry. An earlier version, ‘willful waste makes woeful want’ was in use from c.1576.referenceterm-116524adlib-term-1165242532ce61-8150-3256-b951-d5175a8faa11literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionStokereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm34.3Heightcm2.5referencemedia-45140adlib-media-451409c685891-c23b-37cb-a712-446d65745bb1jpegaa/aa3/C_52_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162687851261imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_52_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162687851261imagejpegaa/aa3/C_52_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162687851261imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_52_1972_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162687851261image0media
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imagereferenceterm-117138adlib-term-117138e2a9f298-5d84-3e66-84d5-5fd4649077bebread platehistory noteFrom the Charles & Lavinia Handley-Read Collection. Purchased from the executor, Thomas Stainton, 1972.1referenceobject-75074adlib-object-750740ab6e574-5d63-3b95-9483-a1466ae80dac1reference1term-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerewer1referenceobject-75036adlib-object-750364a8ee79b-3553-37ee-b325-693f7128447a1reference1term-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevase1referenceobject-74966adlib-object-749665d74eb4d-6d87-33d6-a1b3-d3ed5f8bffb81reference1term-91154adlib-term-91154e8910136-0f36-3b86-960d-f7466393839dtazzatazza1referenceobject-74920adlib-object-74920a1038f68-ef6b-3650-b2c3-2ae0b59a76161reference1term-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerewer1referenceobject-15302adlib-object-15302df15d696-5363-3c1f-9a01-34bbf626c29b1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletilereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. an early example, with inlaid design in three colours, now in the V&A (C.46-1972). See pp.17-18 for factory and date marks.17-18referencepublication-2727adlib-publication-272702232f50-fd3b-3b8a-9687-1a8ff3f7c0d1Minton 1798-1910Cf. B39, an example with inlaid design.30referencepublication-1048adlib-publication-10483731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbbVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read CollectionCf. contemporary engraving of plate, made by Minton and design attributed to Pugin. See also Vol. III, p.88.Vol.II p. 97referencepublication-200002963adlib-publication-2000029638e90a81b-ad38-3148-b5ba-24f060b2f42aJournal of Design and Manufacturesreferencepublication-7717adlib-publication-7717cfc591c4-fcca-3992-be8b-eb0ca6658ce0Design from 1860, Auction 18002, 21 April 2010Ref. Pugin design for bread plate with ill. of similar designs. See p.345 for listing in Minton shape book, p.379 for factory marks.53, 345, 379referencepublication-3003adlib-publication-3003642094f9-3e39-3eeb-90ea-42311670123eMinton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & ProductionCf. a different design of bread plate by Pugin, no 368, motto ‘Waste Not – Want Not – Spare Not’.71referencepublication-7698adlib-publication-769847b18eed-f183-34ab-a010-3ed1821bbf58Minton ‘Majolica’: an historical survey and exhibition cataloguereferencepublication-7718adlib-publication-771834e60420-f402-3d01-a0dd-999df7025476Pugin: a Gothic passionRef. re Pugin’s links with Minton and bread plate exh. 1949. Also ill. design for a block printed soup plate. p.367 for Minton bibliography, pp.378-80 for marks.292-293referencepublication-7697adlib-publication-769778ab2e7d-b46a-3610-9abd-ab9839494cf3Dictionary of MintonCf. p. 173, no. 183, decorated in blue and red, Minton, 1851163-174referencepublication-200002916adlib-publication-200002916b85b802d-8d56-3271-85d1-4ae390599633The Ceramic Designs of A.W.N. PuginRef. marks, incl. ‘best body’ mark.440-442referencepublication-2663adlib-publication-2663a2faf0b6-febd-3d16-82e0-6444a2dc48e7Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain MarksRef. Minton majolica ware ewer & basin (ill.) and information about Minton majolica.110referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Potteryreferenceterm-10670adlib-term-10670c8fcad8a-6e94-3268-a195-a27c0bf17540Gothic Revivalreferenceterm-134012adlib-term-134012160b5d6c-6f79-3344-ba71-1edd82c255bdBirmingham Exhibition, 1849referenceterm-117138adlib-term-117138e2a9f298-5d84-3e66-84d5-5fd4649077bebread platebread platerelief moulded earthenware with Majolica glazesreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingPugin bread plateobject
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