Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Animals

Date: 1825-1830

Dimensions:

  • Length: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
  • Width: 9.88 in (25.0952 cm)

Maker: John Hall (& Sons)

Maker's Mark:

Printed

Description:

An earthenware platter printed in blue with a pattern known as Mare and Foal.  Although the source print has not be identified, the center pattern resembles the work of Samuel Howitt (ca. 1756-1822), a painter, illustrator and etcher of animals.  Howitt's work was used in some of the other Quadrupeds' patterns.  Three of the animals in the border cartouches were copied from A Cabinet of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805.  From the top, clockwise, they are: a Wolf, a Long Nosed Tapir, and a Pomerian (the bull dog in the source print has been left out).  The last cartouche contains an unknown animal, possibly a buffalo.  The border has a band of crosshatching or diamonds surrounding the cartouches. 

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