Josiah Wedgwood & Sons

Tobacco Growing Plate,

Maker

Title

Tobacco Growing Plate

Medium

earthenware

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

2.2 cm (7/8 inches) (height)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: The verso has a title and description of the image and has the legend, "TOBACCO GROWING/ In the Connecticut valley a tobacco crop unexcelled for quality and flavour has been developed over the years. Caring for the frail young plants, guarding the growing leaf, keeping watch in the curing barns, Connecticut farmers give hostage to the variations of New England earth and climate, as tenderly they bring forth another harvest of the land.”

Place

Place Made: England

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2004.89.2

Tobacco Growing Plate
from the series, New England Industries

Marks: The verso has a title and description of the image and has the legend, "TOBACCO GROWING/ In the Connecticut valley a tobacco crop unexcelled for quality and flavour has been developed over the years. Caring for the frail young plants, guarding the growing leaf, keeping watch in the curing barns, Connecticut farmers give hostage to the variations of New England earth and climate, as tenderly they bring forth another harvest of the land.”

Place Made: England

Exhibition History

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