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Plate
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
Decorated by: Emile Lessore (French, 1805–1874)
Decorated by: Emile Lessore (French, 1805–1874)
English
around 1860-1875
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Creamware
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 × 21.3 × 21.9 cm (1 1/4 × 8 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift by the grandchildren of Mrs. Edward Frothingham,(Eugenia Mifflin Frothingham)
Accession Number1977.673
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPlate in the shape of a shell with a yellow rim with a seated centaur with a naked boy drinking from a wine skin against a landscape with trees and water.
Signed
Signed at lower left 'E Lessore' and at lower right 'Wedgwood' in rust red
Marks
Impressed WEDGWOOD "R" [4 dots] on reverse
InscriptionsGummed MFA label "Mrs. Frothingham...[?]"