Underglaze
Printing in multiple colors, printed and painted
Additional Image:
A closeup of the two borders, the outer one printed in brown, the inner floral design printed in blue-green and painted.
The central line engraved pattern printed in brown.
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Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type: Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date: c. 1790-1798 Dimensions: - Diameter: 8.00 in (20.32 cm)
Maker: Wedgwood & Co
Description:
An octagonal shaped earthenware plate. This is an early example of printing in two colors. The central pattern and outer border are printed in brown. The inner border design of a string of flowers is printed in blue-green with a bluish wash added and blue and yellow colors painted in to create the interesting floral pattern. A chemical analysis of this second underglaze...
Description:
An octagonal shaped earthenware plate. This is an early example of printing in two colors. The central pattern and outer border are printed in brown. The inner border design of a string of flowers is printed in blue-green with a bluish wash added and blue and yellow colors painted in to create the interesting floral pattern. A chemical analysis of this second underglaze printed color with a greenish blue hue would be necessary to make a final determination as to the exact makeup of this color. The plate is part of a set of dinnerware in octagonal shapes given the name Classical Figures. Reference "The Wares of Ralph Wedgwood" by Minnie Holdaway, ECC Transactions, Volume 12, Part 3, 1986, pp.255-264. This version of Classical Figures with the inner floral border has been assigned the name Classical Figures and Daisy in the TCC Pattern and Source Print Database. View a second example of multicolor printing by Wedgwood & Co.
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