Wee Three Logerheads plate, by Samuel Malkin

An image of Plate. Wee Three Logerheads. Malkin, Samuel, potter, probably (English, 1668-1741, Staffordshire). Circular with curved sides and pie-crust border. Two men seated in high backed chairs face each other across a small round table on which stands a jug, bulbous bottle and candlestick with lighted candle. The man on the left is smoking is a pipe, the other is about to drink from a goblet which he holds in his right hand. Above are the words 'Wee three Logerheads' and on the extreme right and left of the dish, the initials .S' and 'M'. Earthenware, press-moulded, slip trailed decoration, lead-glazed front, diameter, whole, 35.3 cm, circa 1720-1730.

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Plate. Wee Three Logerheads. Malkin, Samuel, potter, probably (English, 1668-1741, Staffordshire). Circular with curved sides and pie-crust border. Two men seated in high backed chairs face each other across a small round table on which stands a jug, bulbous bottle and candlestick with lighted candle. The man on the left is smoking is a pipe, the other is about to drink from a goblet which he holds in his right hand. Above are the words 'Wee three Logerheads' and on the extreme right and left of the dish, the initials .S' and 'M'. Earthenware, press-moulded, slip trailed decoration, lead-glazed front, diameter, whole, 35.3 cm, circa 1720-1730.

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Accession Number: EC.3-1942
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 48
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1012 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 285.67kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2014:03:05 12:02:09

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18th Century Artist/Maker Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Samuel Malkin Staffordshire Pottery Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd candlelight candles candlestick circular culture drinker drinking earthenware glazed lead-glazed leisure male moulded pie crust pies pipe (tobacco) plate pottery press moulded round seated sitter sitting slip slipware smoker smoking social society yellow

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