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Plate from the Frog Service

Date1773-1774

Maker Wedgwood & Bentley (1768-1780)

OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Etruria; decorated in England, Chelsea

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware)

DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 9 7/8in. (2.2 × 25.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund

Object number2024-241

DescriptionCircular plate with a wavy edge, the edge painted black, and the rim painted with a meandering oak leaf and acorn border interrupted by a shield enclosing a green painted splayed frog. The cavetto painted with a neoclassical scalloped border between concentric lines. The well painted with a bucolic scene of a lock on a river, grazing cattle in the background with a meandering waterway and sailing vessel and church spire painted faintly in the distance. The reverse bears a black enamel painted number "221" and an impressed circle.
ProvenanceIn 1774 part of service completed for Catherine the Great; July 27, 1976 - June 27, 2024, in the collection of Stanley F. Goldfein (New York, NY); 2024 [Alaistair Gibson Antiques, Kent, England]; November 2024 - present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).