Cake Plate

Wedgwood and Sons

Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Cake Plate, ca. 1881. Glazed earthenware, 1 x 10 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (2.5 x 26.4 x 23.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frieda Leffert in memory of her husband, Dr. Jacob Leffert, 88.19.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Cake Plate

Date

ca. 1881

Medium

Glazed earthenware

Classification

Food/Drink

Dimensions

1 x 10 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (2.5 x 26.4 x 23.8 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no insccriptions

Markings

impressed on bottom: WEDGWOOD & C. transfer printed in blue on bottom: LOUISE / Unicorn crest surrounded by TRADE MARK / WEDGWOOD & Co. in ribbon / Registration mark in blue: Rd in diamond; IV in circle above. Corners from top, clockwise: effaced, E (for 1881), H, 3.

Credit Line

Gift of Frieda Leffert in memory of her husband, Dr. Jacob Leffert

Accession Number

88.19

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