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An English blue and white meat dish printed with The Durham Ox within a diaper-pattern and scrolling foliate border and shaped rims (minor scratches to surface, some frits) circa 1820 -- 21¾in. wide
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THE PLATE DEPICTS JOHN DAY, THE PROUD OWNER OF THE DURHAM OX, A PRIZE SHORTHORN BULL, WHICH HE PURCHASED FROM A FARMER, CHARLES COLLING OF BARMPTON, IN 1801. DAY TOURED THE COUNTRY WITH THE OX IN A CUSTOM-BUILT WAGON UNTIL IT'S DEMISE IN 1807, WHEN IT'S RECORDED WEIGHT WAS 34CWT. THE SCENE SHOWN ON THE PLATTER IS TAKEN FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. WHESSELL, AFTER A PAINTING BY T. BOULTBEE. THE ENGRAVING WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1802. PRINTS, PAINTINGS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE DURHAM OX CONTINUE TO BE OF INTEREST TO COLLECTORS.
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THE PLATE DEPICTS JOHN DAY, THE PROUD OWNER OF THE DURHAM OX, A PRIZE SHORTHORN BULL, WHICH HE PURCHASED FROM A FARMER, CHARLES COLLING OF BARMPTON, IN 1801. DAY TOURED THE COUNTRY WITH THE OX IN A CUSTOM-BUILT WAGON UNTIL IT'S DEMISE IN 1807, WHEN IT'S RECORDED WEIGHT WAS 34CWT. THE SCENE SHOWN ON THE PLATTER IS TAKEN FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. WHESSELL, AFTER A PAINTING BY T. BOULTBEE. THE ENGRAVING WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1802. PRINTS, PAINTINGS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE DURHAM OX CONTINUE TO BE OF INTEREST TO COLLECTORS.