Object number
2009/76/2
Title
The Farm Cottage,
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Description
This is the box for a ceramic decorated plated, 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 box
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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