Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Plants

Date: 1790-1798

Maker: Wedgwood & Co

Maker's Mark:

Impressed

Description:

An earthenware platter, size unknown, printed in blue and brown and painted.  This line engraved pattern consists of an outer border printed in blue with a linear pattern consisting of continual vertical lines.  The inner border design of a string of flowers is printed in brown and the centers of the flowers have been painted.  A small portion of this floral design has been printed in the center of the platter. 

This platter, and one other Wedgwood & Co. example  included in the exhibition, represents one of the earliest examples of underglaze two-color printing. 

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