D85. PLATE 
Probably London 
Dated 1724 
 
H.: 11/4" (3.2 cm); Diam.: 9 3/4'(24.8 cm) 
 
BODY CLAY: Fine-grained pale buff. 
TIN GLAZE: White, slightly transpar- 
ent and with opening crazing. 
SHAPE: Molded. Shape E. 
DECORATION: Painted and sgraffito. 
Arms of the Worshipful Company of 
Butchers with motto "Omnia subjecifti 
sub pedibus oves & boves." Inscribed 
"T GH' and dated 1724. Border 
 
composed of band of sgraffito scrolls 
with ovals having scroll and foliate 
elaborations. 
 
 
120 The Longridge Collection 
 
 
A      Ithough a number of members of the Butchers' Company of London 
(incorporated 1605)' in 1724 had the initials T. G., the date does not appear
to 
have any particular significance for any of themi. The arms also appear on
sev- 
eral other dated delftware pieces: a 1684 Longridge mug (no. D245); a 1728

mug with a blue-on-white band like the plate's sgraffito border in pattern;
a 
1732 mug; and a 1749 punch bowl.:' Initials or names on these and other com-

pany arms pieces typically refer to owners who were members of the company.

(For other Longridge armorial delftware, mostly with guild arms, see nos.
D83, 
D84, D224, D238, D242, D244, D245, D275, D310, D394, D395, D411.) This plate

is attributable to London based on its arms, and archaeological material
indi- 
cates that sgraffito-decorated borders typically are from factories in that
city. 
(Particularly close sgraffito borders occur on bowl fragments excavated at

Vauxhall in Lambeth.)4' Sgraffito scrolls edge a plate with pseudoarms former-

ly associated with the Leathersellers' Company, and borders of this general

type also occur on plate fragments excavated at colonial sites and a few
1733 
and 1734 dated plates. 
 
1. For the armorial bearings and discussion of  4. Cockell, Vauxhall Cross,
pl. 129b, 130b. 
the company, see Bromley, Guilds of London, 
                                         5. Grigsby, Chipstone, no. 54, and
Tilley, London 
col. pl. 6, pp. 34-36. The accurate spelling of the 
motto is "Ornnia subiecusti sub pedihus, evces et bwove."  Arms,
pt. 4, pp. 281-282, fig. 7 (Leathersellers). 
                                         For fragments, see Garner, Lambeth,
pl. 12a 
 2. Archer comments (19981.              (London); Austin, Delft, pp. 162-163
(Williamsburg, 
 3. l.ipski and Archer, Dated Delftware, nos. 812,  Va.). Lipski and Archer,
Dated Delftware, 
                                         nos. 372, 387-387E (dated plates).

 820, 1124; for dated pieces depicting the butchers' 
 trade, nos. 564, 1138; Home, Collection, pt. 1, 
 no. 8.