Plate
W. Smith and Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
1825 - 1855
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
33 mm (Height); 252 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Stockton-on-Tees
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 607629
Summary
Circular dished plate with scalloped edge and transfer printed in blue with 'Select Views' pattern. Pastoral scene figures in foreground to gothic castle set in a mountainous landscape. Four landscape vignettes in scroll borders on diaper ground. Manufactured by W. Smith and Co. of Stockton-on-Tees between 1825 and 1855.
Provenance
Miss Doreen Hunt collection (No.106). A gift to the National Trust from Miss Doreen Hunt, in May 1991.
Marks and inscriptions
W.SMITH and CO SELECT VIEWS (printed in blue on base with illustration of Florence cathedral ?)
Makers and roles
W. Smith and Co., potter