Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Plate
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, circular shape with flattened-off foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, the rim moulded with strawberry plants, fruit and foliage; delicately painted in purples, greens and yellows with to the centre of the well a scene of three exotic birds in a grassy landscape with trees and shrubs, the moulded strawberries and foliage to the rim overpainted in naturalistic greens, purples and reds.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34681
Creation/Production
Longton Hall
Date: 1754-1757
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.5
diam
(cm): 23.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 9
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
glaze
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case J
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