Brown Transferware Plate ~ Moral Maxims 1830

Pottery : Antique : Staffordshire

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MORAL MAXIMS

James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge Works

Cobridge, Staffordshire England ~ c 1830

This rare and outstanding plate measures 10 3/4 " wide. It is crisply transfer printed in a dark brown with a pearlware glaze.

The plate has a wonderful scalloped and beaded edge and is made of lightweight earthenware. The center transfer in the well of the plate has five fishermen pulling their fishing net to the shore on a lake with a tranquil scenic background.

There are three cartouches along the edge, one with Industry, one with Knowledge and one with Temperance. Industry has a busy hive of bees next to a mother and her children. Temperance has an elderly gentleman teaching a young lad the wisdom of moderation. Knowledge has a mother teaching her child with a world globe, a cornucopia of fruit spills and their feet.

Banner ribbons surround the edge of the platter with Benjamin Franklin's Moral Maxims:

Frugality is a fortune & Industry a good Estate, there are no gains without pains.

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind & discretion the key to it. Study wisdom and you shall reap pleasure.

Sin and sorrow are inseparable, self denial is the most exalted pleasure.

The plate displays beautifully and is in very good condition with a few stray utensil marks and glaze pops with stains to the rear. A small glaze fleck loss to the front of the piece. Otherwise in exceptional shape especially for this rare plate with its subject matter.

Item ID: AMT1036