The Times: GPL.140-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Times

Maker(s)

F. & R. Pratt & Co. (Factory)
After Good, Thomas Sword (Painter)

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On the top 'The Times', after The Newspaper by Thomas S. Good, inscribed 'THE TIMES'; line and dot border Fig. VIII a. (Williams-Wood, p. 103).

Notes

History note: Possibly bought from Stanley Woolston, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.6 cm

Place(s) associated

Fenton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

Mid-late 19th Century
Victoria I
Circa 1860 CE - 1900 CE

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: 290/OCT.22.1924/W
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

Text: THE TIMES
Location: On top of pot-lid
Method of creation: Printed

References and bibliographic entries

Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): pp. 103, 138
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 198
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 136

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.140-1928
Primary reference Number: 14859
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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