Creator(s): Wedgwood (Manufacturer)
On view in: Kitchen
About this object
In the center of the plate is a picture of St. Clement's Danes in the Strand. It stands on a small island between two streets. It is surrounded by tress and has a high belfrey. To the left and right are buildings in the city of London.
- Made from:
- Queen's ware
- Made in:
- Barlaston, England
- Date made:
- 1941
- Size:
- 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.172
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: Wedgwood 10WF4 impressed; in brown: Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston England, Old London Views, St. Clement Dane's in an early church on this site a number of Danes were buried, hence part of its name, the Saint of popularized in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" whose tune the bells play in peace time, the present structure is from designs by Wren and Davies from 1681, a favorite church of Dr. Samuel Johnson; lion Sponsored by the British War Relief Society USA, first edition 1941
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1975