Marble quarrying
date: label: Date made
content: 1952
name: label: maker
content: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: White-bodied earthenware plate. In 1948 Wedgwood commissioned artist Clare Leighton to design a limited-edition series of twelve plates featuring traditional New England industries for the American market. The plates were first sold in Fall 1952. Photolithography decoration consists of scene of "marble quarrying" in charcoal sepia underglaze printing, taken from wood engravings by the artist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Barlaston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0202.11
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0202.11
label: accession number
content: 1991.0202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: earthenware (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: molded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 1/2 in; x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 26.7 cm; x 10 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 10 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 26.67 cm