The Shepherd Boy: GPL.199-1928

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Shepherd Boy

Maker(s)

Factory: Bates, Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
Engraver: Austin, Jesse

Entities

Pot lid

Description

White earthenware, moulded and decorated underglaze with a multicolour transfer print. Circular. On top of lid 'The Shepherd Boy'; vignetted.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.2 cm

Place(s) associated

Shelton ⪼ 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 1860 CE - 1900 CE

Note

This design was the work of Jesse Austin and was issued in 1859-60, see Williams-Wood, Cyril, Staffordshire Pot Lids and Their Potters, London, 1972, pl. 57A.

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: Feb.18.26/W/275
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Staffordshire Pot Lids and their Potters page(s): p. 138
The Price Guide to Pot-Lids and other Underglaze Multicolour Prints on Ware page(s): p. 197
Pot-Lids and Other Coloured Printed Staffordshire Wares, Reference & Price Guide page(s): p. 127

Identification numbers

Accession number: GPL.199-1928
Primary reference Number: 14903
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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