Clare Leighton and Wedgwood
“Shipbuilding” Plate
1951
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
1998.509.2
Part of a series of 12 'New England Industries' scenes taken from wood blocks designed by Clare Leighton.
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 "SHIPBUILDING/The stately sailing vessels of by-gone days travelled teh severn seas and brough New England to every/world port. Wether in Maine, Massachussetts or/Rhode Island, today's builder is still imbued with the/same pride of craftsmanship which inspired his/ancestors in the creation of such masterpieces of ship-/building as the elegant "China Clipper" or the sturdy/fishing vessel/ NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRIES/from Wood engravings by/CLARE LEIGHTON"
Markings: Marked on reverse of plate "WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA & BARLASTON"; in script "Clare Leighton"
