Earthenware plate depicting "Lobstering" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; marble quarrying; ship building; sugaring; tobacco growing; whaling.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
decals
transfer printing
industries (organizations)
Knickknack
Plate, Decorative
Plate, Decorative
"WEDGWOOD/ 4E52" (impressed)
[see photograph] (printed)
2001.96.1-.12
Wedgwood (Maker)
Leighton, Clare (Designer)
7/8 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Museum Purchase
2001.96.6
Barlaston (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)
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