1592991044000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-75411 1754330635214 1754303260000 1754330624263 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-75411 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411 b1ef0c69-cf68-3131-a98f-ea557d4e00e5 6 reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware reference term-108657 adlib-term-108657 c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808 lead-glazed earthenware reference term-133689 adlib-term-133689 4ef26466-81ce-3d12-aa11-d9f705180c56 majolica ware reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze Decoration reference term-122641 adlib-term-122641 d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7 glazing Applied Arts Earthenware, moulded in relief, majolica glaze decoration Circular 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.52-1972 1 accession number C.52-1972 75411 priref 75411 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75411 underside impressed MINTONS / BB factory mark (script-type letter) underside impressed E mark (Roman type) underside impressed E mark underside impressed 430 mark tiny oval stamp containing cross underside impressed mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bought using the Perceval Fund and a Grant-in-Aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum reference agent-160895 adlib-agent-160895 a1eb7880-da59-3f1e-96f8-35488a6c8c56 Stainton, Thomas 1972 1972 1972 bought Entry date: 1972-10-19 1875 CE 1875 dated 1875 production reference agent-153865 adlib-agent-153865 853be336-7cfb-32d1-aa54-fb4dff401cf0 Minton & Co. (from 1873) reference agent-192318 adlib-agent-192318 44c204bb-e5d3-3e5f-a7cd-7f9bae4b2916 Mintons Ltd designer reference agent-111263 adlib-agent-111263 e4a27eac-d26a-3f1a-b0f7-b241d1cd4ffd Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore Augustus 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. reference term-108070 adlib-term-108070 7e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf3 19th Century, Late reference term-116524 adlib-term-116524 2532ce61-8150-3256-b951-d5175a8faa11 literal England England country Stoke reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Diameter cm 34.3 Height cm 2.5 reference media-45140 adlib-media-45140 9c685891-c23b-37cb-a712-446d65745bb1 jpeg aa/aa3/C_52_1972_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583342266 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_52_1972_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1742583342266 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_52_1972_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583342266 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_52_1972_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1742583342266 1 image 0 media image reference media-45141 adlib-media-45141 99b18b3a-ea64-39cb-b01a-3c0c6bd2f3ae jpeg aa/aa3/C_52_1972_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583393317 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_52_1972_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1742583393317 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_52_1972_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583393317 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_52_1972_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1742583393317 1 image 1 media image reference term-117138 adlib-term-117138 e2a9f298-5d84-3e66-84d5-5fd4649077be bread plate history note From the Charles & Lavinia Handley-Read Collection. Purchased from the executor, Thomas Stainton, 1972. 1 reference object-75074 adlib-object-75074 0ab6e574-5d63-3b95-9483-a1466ae80dac

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tile reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Cf. 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. 17-18 reference publication-2727 adlib-publication-2727 02232f50-fd3b-3b8a-9687-1a8ff3f7c0d1 Minton 1798-1910 Cf. B39, an example with inlaid design. 30 reference publication-1048 adlib-publication-1048 3731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbb Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read Collection Cf. contemporary engraving of plate, made by Minton and design attributed to Pugin. See also Vol. III, p.88. Vol.II p. 97 reference publication-200002963 adlib-publication-200002963 8e90a81b-ad38-3148-b5ba-24f060b2f42a Journal of Design and Manufactures reference publication-7717 adlib-publication-7717 cfc591c4-fcca-3992-be8b-eb0ca6658ce0 Design from 1860, Auction 18002, 21 April 2010 Ref. 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, 379 reference publication-3003 adlib-publication-3003 642094f9-3e39-3eeb-90ea-42311670123e Minton: The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production Cf. a different design of bread plate by Pugin, no 368, motto ‘Waste Not – Want Not – Spare Not’. 71 reference publication-7698 adlib-publication-7698 47b18eed-f183-34ab-a010-3ed1821bbf58 Minton ‘Majolica’: an historical survey and exhibition catalogue reference publication-7718 adlib-publication-7718 34e60420-f402-3d01-a0dd-999df7025476 Pugin: a Gothic passion Ref. 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. 292-293 reference publication-7697 adlib-publication-7697 78ab2e7d-b46a-3610-9abd-ab9839494cf3 Dictionary of Minton Cf. p. 173, no. 183, decorated in blue and red, Minton, 1851 163-174 reference publication-200002916 adlib-publication-200002916 b85b802d-8d56-3271-85d1-4ae390599633 The Ceramic Designs of A.W.N. Pugin Ref. marks, incl. ‘best body’ mark. 440-442 reference publication-2663 adlib-publication-2663 a2faf0b6-febd-3d16-82e0-6444a2dc48e7 Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks Ref. Minton majolica ware ewer & basin (ill.) and information about Minton majolica. 110 reference publication-1030 adlib-publication-1030 9cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0 Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Pottery reference term-10670 adlib-term-10670 c8fcad8a-6e94-3268-a195-a27c0bf17540 Gothic Revival reference term-134012 adlib-term-134012 160b5d6c-6f79-3344-ba71-1edd82c255bd Birmingham Exhibition, 1849

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