Template:Did you know nominations/Frog Service
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:12, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
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Frog Service
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Frog Service frog device
- ... that Josiah Wedgwood "was very unwilling to disfigure" his Frog Service with "this reptile", but Catherine the Great insisted it was on all 952 pieces? Source: "Upon every piece there was also to be painted the image of a green toad or frog, as is elsewhere stated. He was very unwilling to disfigure the service with this reptile, but was told it was not to be dispensed with, because the ware was intended for the use of a palace that bore its name", p. 211 here. 952 pieces etc here (expand curator's cmts
Created by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 00:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC).
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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| QPQ: Done. |
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hook is cited; I can't see the exact quotes that support the hook but accept them on the assumption of good faith. Hook is interesting, but I'm suggesting a minor tweak as ALT1 valereee (talk) 14:06, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
*ALT1 ... that Josiah Wedgwood "was very unwilling to disfigure" his Frog Service with "this reptile", but Catherine the Great insisted it appear on all 952 pieces? valereee (talk) 14:53, 20 February 2019 (UTC)