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This is a comparatively inexpensive plate in earthenware,  decorated by transfer-printing only, with no hand-colouring.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>This plate recalls the characteristic design used for char-pots, containers used for serving potted char (a Lake District trout), which were made of English delftware, pearlware or creamware and had the image of a fish modelled on the lid.   Although this plate is from a comparatively little-known factory, the quality of print is sharp and accurate and the fish is clearly identifiable as a herring. The print was presumably taken from one of the many anthologies of natural history published during the mid- and late 19th century.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>Close & Co. of Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent, was apparently in operation for only a short period , from around 1855 to  around 1864 or 1869.  The owner was John Theophilus Close, who is also recorded as at Brook Street and High Street.  Many 19th-century factories were short-lived as markets and fortunes fluctuated, and the names of many makers have been lost.","physicalDescription":"Plate of earthenware, transfer-printed in black enamel with a fish in the middle and a border of roses and scrolls round the rim.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Close & Co.","id":"A9069"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"earthenware","id":"x29356"}],"techniques":[{"text":"transfer-printed","id":"AAT53922"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware, transfer-printed in black enamel","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"},{"text":"Earthenware","id":"THES48964"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM6543"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125B (VA)","id":"THES49893"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"45"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plate","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Stoke-on-Trent","id":"x29185"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1850-1864","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1864-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"3.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"23","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 24/08/2000 by Terry","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Close & Co. 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The designs of wild birds and fish were very popular and illustrated the kinds of foods they presented on the dishes.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Plate\nMade by Close & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, 1855-64\nMark: \"CLOSE & CO LATE W M ADAMS & SONS STOKE UPON TRENT\", impressed\nLead-glazed earthenware\n\nC.2561-1901 Jermyn Street Collection","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}}],"partNumbers":["2561-1901"],"accessionNumberNum":"2561","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1901,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP6852","2019LP3225","2019LU5735"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}