Object number
2009/76
Title
The Farm Cottage,
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Description
This is a ceramic decorated plate in its original box, with a leaflet, certificate and title card. It was manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons of Barlaston, Staffordshire, in 1988. The plate is entitled 'The Farm Cottage' and is part of the series 'Country Panorama', depicting a 360° panoramic view of the countryside, designed by the artist Colin Newman. The plate depicts a a thatched cottage with various wildlife, including a magpie, rabbits, sparrows and butterflies.
Physical description
1 plate: ceramic
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Decorated plate showing a thatched cottage in the middle distance with various wildlife - including a magpie, rabbits, sparrows and butterfly in the foreground. // Information on the back says that this is plate no. 2242 B of 'The the Farm Cottage' by Colin Newman which is the sixth subject in Colin Newman's "Country Panorama" depicting a 360° panoramic view of the countryside. // Made by Josiah Wedgwood + Sons Ltd, Barlaston, Stoke on Trent. // Dated 1988. // 2009/76/1 Plate // 2009/76/2 Box // 2009/76/3 Leaflet // 2009/76/4 Certificate // 2009/76/5 Title Card // Dimensions // Plate diameter 21 cm // Box 24.5 x 25 x 6.5 cm. // Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // Address on box shows that it was originally sold to Mr W. H. E Podger, ...Wadhurst, E. Sussex... // Colin Newman was brought up in E. Anglia and studied at Cambridge School of Art and Hornsey College of Art.'
Production place
Barlaston
Production date
1988 - 1988
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