Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: 1792-1803

Dimensions:

  • Length: 20.75 in (52.705 cm)
  • Width: 15.25 in (38.735 cm)

Maker: William & John Turner

Maker's Mark:

Impressed

Description:

An oval shaped earthenware platter printed in blue with the Elephant pattern.  The TURNER mark includes the impressed Prince of Wales Feather mark.   It is thought that Turner had planned to produce a series of designs using different animals, but this pattern is the only one known.  For more on this early elephant pattern, see the Northern Ceramic Society Journal pages 97-136, Vol. 29, 2013 for an article 'Animals on Printed Pots: Understanding the Role Animals Played in Early British Wares c.1790-1820' by Loren L. Zeller.  

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