Pattern

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Source

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Source Description:

Th frontispiece of A Cabinet Of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805.  The artist is Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817) and the engraver is James Tookey (1795-1805).

Additional Source Image:

(The Lion) Felis Leo Female & Cubs.  The engraver is William Home Lizars (1788-1859), a publisher and an engraver.  The print is found in History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, 1811 edition and the Naturalist's Library by William Jardine, ca. 1833.

 

Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Animals

Featured Series Type: Sporting Series - Enoch Wood & Sons

Date: c. 1825-1833

Dimensions:

  • Width: 20.00 in (50.8 cm)

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons

Maker's Mark:

Impressed
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Description:

An earthenware platter printed in blue with a pattern known as Lions. In this example, the male lion on the left was copied from the frontispiece of A Cabinet Of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805, and the female lion and her cubs on the right were probably copied from History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, 1811 edition. The pattern also...


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