Farming
Farming
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- White-bodied earthenware plate. In 1948 Wedgwood commissioned artist Clare Leighton to design a limited-edition series of twelve plates featuring traditional New England industries for the American market. The plates were first sold in Fall 1952. Photolithography decoration consists of scene of "farming" in charcoal sepia underglaze printing, taken from wood engravings by the artist.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- plate
- Date made
- 1952
- maker
- Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Barlaston
- Physical Description
- ceramic (overall material)
- earthenware (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- molded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 10 1/2 in; x 26.67 cm
- average spatial: 26.7 cm; x 10 1/2 in
- overall: 7/8 in x 10 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0202.04
- catalog number
- 1991.0202.04
- accession number
- 1991.0202
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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