plate, dessert
manufacturer: Sir James Duke and Nephews (English, estab. 1860, closed 1863); Hill Top Pottery (English, estab. circa 1802, closed circa 1897);
circa 1860-circa 1863
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Object Detail
Description
plate, dessert, serving dish with moulded handle to one end and with moulded pedestal foot. Hand-painted spray of yellow and purple crocus in central reserve with white ground. Pink, green and blue border with moulded rim and gilded decoration. The common name of the flower and a painted pattern number appear beneath the base along with the impressed hand device mark employed by the firm.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Sir James Duke and Nephews (English, estab. 1860, closed 1863)
Hill Top Pottery (English, estab. circa 1802, closed circa 1897)
Hill Top Pottery (English, estab. circa 1802, closed circa 1897)
Production place
Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Production date
circa 1860-circa 1863
Media description
porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, gilt
Measurements
65 x 258 mm
Inscriptions
"Crocus", pattern number "4 / 1774" and impressed hand mark.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0370.2
TJC reference number
454
