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This example is entirely typical.<br><br><b>Design & Designing</b><br>With the influence of Chinese porcelain fading fast in the early 19th century, manufacturers of printed earthenware needed fresh design sources. Popular prints seemed ideal for popular tablewares, and with the publication in 1807 of Captain Thomas Williamson's <i>Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East</i> illustrated by Samuel Howitt (previously issued from 1805 in 20 monthly instalments), the Spode factory found a perfect new source. The great success of this series of prints on Spode tableware led to other manufacturers copying the same designs, which were free of copyright restrictions.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>The British had been vigorously extending their power and influence in India since the mid-18th century, and after peace was restored in Europe in 1815 following the decisive battle of Waterloo, public interest began to turn once more towards the expanding British Empire. Prints such  these, which derived from 'on the spot' drawings by British artists and soldiers living in India, and which showed both British and Indian sportsmen hunting game together, did much to stimulate  curiosity about the sub-continent and its cultural life.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Spode Ceramic Works","id":"A9226"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM7424"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"120","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA6","shelf":"","box":"3"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plate","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Stoke-on-Trent","id":"x29185"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1815","earliest":"1810-01-01","latest":"1819-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"25.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Registered Description; 05/01/2000 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Printed mark 'SPODE' and  impressed mark 'SPODE 27' and 'DEATH OF THE BEAR'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made by Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Plate, earthenware, transfer-printed in blue, 'Death of the bear' pattern from 'Indian Sporting' series, made by Spode, Stoke, Staffordshire, about 1815","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Drakard and Holdway, 'Spode Transfer Printed Wares 1784-1833',  2002, p. 239."}],"production":"'Death of the bear' pattern, 'Indian Sporting' series, P904-13.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nIndian sporting prints like the one copied on this plate were very popular during the early 19th century. Many were used as inspiration for the decoration of a wide variety of earthenware pieces. The scene illustrated here comes from an engraving in Captain Thomas Williamson's 'Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East', first published in 1805.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["CIRC.314-1974"],"accessionNumberNum":"314","accessionNumberPrefix":"CIRC","accessionYear":1974,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP8613","2019LP3007","2019LU6953"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}