Underglaze
Printing in a single color on earthenware and stoneware 1820-1850
Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares Pattern Type: Animals Series Type: Zoological Gardens Date: c. 1830-1835 Dimensions:
Maker: Ralph & James Clews Maker's Mark: Description: An earthenware plate printed in purple. The London Zoological Gardens opened on April 27, 1828 as a center for scientific research. The Staffordshire potters, always seeking to capitalize on popular culture, produced series that depicted the zoo. Clews produced the Zoological Gardens Series that showed different center patterns on almost each size and shape, usually copied from lithographs and books of the early zoo.... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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