Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Dish, vegetable, and cover

Queensberry, David (Marquis of Queensberry) (David Queensberry was Professor of Ceramics at the Royal College of Art, London. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a Doctor of the University of Staffordshire.)

Vegetable dish and cover, white earthenware with clear glaze, 'Fine' shape, circular dish, foot ring with concave bevelled body immediately above the base, rising to vertical sides with two ledge handles, domed cover with broad, flattened knop with concave upper face; the exterior of the is body transfer-printed under the glaze with the 'Sienna' pattern, comprising evenly spaced vertical stripes in olive and orange, over which are broad areas of sketchy, meandering vertical lines in black, between which are groups of three similar black lines, the edge of the cover has a border of three interlacing sketchy black lines, the upper face of the knop is decorated with a similar pattern of olive and orange stripes overlaid with black lines.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39364

Creation/Production

Midwinter, Roy
Tait, Jessie
Queensberry, David (Marquis of Queensberry)
Date: 1962 ca –

Acquisition

Gift, 13/12/2011
Given by Les Higgins

Measurements

diam (cm): 20.7
diam (in): 8
l(cm) handle to handle:25.6
l(cm)
l(in) handle to handle:10
l(in)
Height (cm): 10.5
Height (in): 4

Techniques

slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

earthenware

Location

In store
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