"A Set Of 12 Wedgwood Queen's Ware Clare Leighton Design Plates, England, 1952"
The plates are a collection of twelve ceramic pieces, each featuring a distinct black and white transfer-printed design. These designs depict various scenes related to traditional New England industries, such as whaling, cranberrying, grist milling, marble quarrying, lobstering, logging, sugaring, farming, shipbuilding, cod fishing, tobacco growing, and ice cutting. They are manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, identified as Queen's Ware, and bear the facsimile signature of the artist, Clare Leighton, whose original wood engravings inspired the designs. The plates are marked with "Wedgwood & Barlaston of Etruria" and an impressed date code, indicating their production around the early 1952's Dimensions: 10.5"