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Call Number:
MSS 7
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Title(s):
Printed prospectus for the Wedgwood series of Leighton plates, with order form
Date:
[circa 1952]
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Writings
Part of Collection:
1, folder 1
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan LLB 1968 and Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Hamway. Ten of the Wedgwood plates are the gift of Judith and Norman Zlotsky, Yale Class of 1953.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Includes brief descriptions of each activity with images of the 12 plates; with a detachable order form. "The new series of Wedgwood captures the sturdy charm of New England. Sold only in complete sets of twelve plates at $36.00." "New England Industries, a series of twelve Wedgwood plates reproducing woodcuts by Clare Leighton, perhaps America's best known graphic artist, represents those industries that form the foundation of the New England heritage. They portray the harvest wrung from earth and water by the early settlers who contributed so much of vitality to the building of America." "The woodcuts, on a new coupe shape in Wedgwood Queen's Ware, are reproduced underglaze in charcoal sepia by a process which makes it possible to retain every stroke of the artist's tools. They are equally attractive for use at the table or as wall decoration. They make ideal gifts for Christmas or for any occasion, for who would not be proud to own a Clare Leighton-Wedgwood masterpiece?"
Physical Description:
6 pages (1 leaf, folded) : ill.
Genre:
Order forms , Prospectuses, Pictorial works, Queen's ware, Graphite drawings, Letters, Photographs, and Wood engravings
Subject Terms:
Agriculture
Atlantic cod fishing
Cranberry industry
Grain
Ice industry
Lobster industry
Logging
Maple sugar industry
Marble industry and trade
Milling
Shipbuilding
Tobacco farms
Whaling
Wood-engraving
Associated People/Groups:
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
Finding Aid Title:
Clare Leighton collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/33.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/6534
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6534?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1