Child's saucer
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1981
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
147 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Etruria, Barlaston
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662990
Summary
A child's ceramic Beatrix Potter saucer decorated around the rim with colour transfer images of Peter Rabbit and the following extract from the 'Tale of Peter Rabbit' - 'Peter wriggled out just in time, leaving his jacket behind him and rushed into the tool shed Peter sat down to rest; he was out of breath and trembling with fright'. Is part of a matching set with cup.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of saucer: WEDGWOOD/ of ETRURIA AND BARLASTON/ MADE IN/ ENGLAND/ Copyright/ Frederick Warne and Co./ Beatrix Potter Designs/ PETER RABBIT
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, maker