Clare Leighton and Wedgwood
“Lobstering” Plate
1952
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Creamware, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7/8 in. (26.7 x 26.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mrs. Alfred R.L. Dohme, and Gift of Elsie Clark Krug
Object Number
1998.509.5
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Robin Reilly and George Savage, The Dictionary of Wedgewood, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Baron Publishing, 1980, p.214.
Inscribed: Marked on reverse of plate "LOBSTERING/The rock-bound coast of Maine harbours a wealth of/sweet tender crustaceans in its cold water. The/fame of the Maine lobster never lessens, for the/industry if jealously guarded by the sturdy fisherman/to ensure a continuation of the valuable harvest/captured in his lobster pots/NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRIES/from Wood engravings by/CLARE LEIGHTON"
Markings: Marked on reverse of plate "WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA & BARLASTON"; in script "Clare Leighton"
