Additional Image:

View of the pattern printed on the interior.
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes
Date
1815-1820
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.25 in (15.88 cm)
  • Length: 15.00 in (38.10 cm)
  • Width: 5.00 in (12.70 cm)
Maker
Ralph & James Clews

Maker's Mark:

Impressed
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Description:

An earthenware cheese wheel printed in blue with the Standard Willow pattern.  The molded spool-shaped ends are painted with a blue ground. Cheese wheels, sometimes referred to as cradles, were designed with their distinctive curved shape in order to hold an entire circular cheese on its side, so that wedge-shaped pieces could be cut from it.
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