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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