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Object Type: plate
Museum number: 1887,0307,R.22
Description: Plate; earthenware; fine white ware, with eightfoil edge; printed in blue under the glaze with a landscape in octagonal frame; border of architectural fragments, one with inscription; maker's mark on reverse.
Producer name: Factory of: Miles Mason
Production date: 1800 (circa)
Production place: Factory in: Stoke-on-Trent
Materials: earthenware
Technique: transfer-printed; glazed
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.80 inches
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Curator's comments: M Mason established a factory at Lane Delph at the end of the 18thC: in partnership with his brother he brought out the well-known Ironstone China, patented in 1813. Cambrian argil probably means that the piece was made of Welsh clay. (Hobson 1903)
Bibliographic references: Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum (R22)
Location: On display (G47/dc7)
Subjects: architecture; landscape
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,R.22
Conservation: Treatment: 18 Jul 1994

Free entry