Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Genre Scenes

Date: 1816-1820

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 10.00 in (25.4 cm)

Maker: Andrew Stevenson

Maker's Mark:

Impressed

Description:

Plate with black painted band at the rim.  The center printed in red/brown with design titled, The Tythe Pig.  The subject was popular on ceramics as a print and may also be found as a figure group.  The subject is a satire on the tythes or taxes that had to be paid to the parish priest. The priest claims a pig but the farmer's wife thwarts him by adding the condition that he must take the baby.  Other, earlier versions of this print may be found on this site.

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