Object Detail
Description
dish, armorial with a blue ground and gilt floral decorated border with the central arms of Claxson above the motto ' Sapere Aude Incipe'.
Benjamin Saunders Claxson married Charlotte Eamer on 30 April 1839 in Brighton, Sussex.
Marked 'Davenport Longport Staffordshire' to reverse,
Benjamin Saunders Claxson married Charlotte Eamer on 30 April 1839 in Brighton, Sussex.
Marked 'Davenport Longport Staffordshire' to reverse,
Maker and role
manufacturer: Davenport & Co (estab. 1794, closed 1887)
Production place
Longport, Staffordshire, England
Production date
circa 1840
Media description
porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration
Measurements
20 x dia 208 mm
weight 348 gm
weight 348 gm
Inscriptions
Marked 'Davenport Longport Staffordshire' to reverse
Credit line
purchased with funds provided by the Alwynne Jona OAM Porcelain Bequest, 2020
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
A1469
TJC reference number
5676