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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Plate, earthenware, circular shape, tapering foot-rim slanting inwards with an incised ring around it, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the rim; transfer-printed in black with to the centre of the well an old-fashioned sailing ship, a number of figures can be seen on the deck of the ship and the Union Jack flies at the stern, the ship sails on an expanse of water with billowing waves, below the scene is an arrangement of marine trophies including a cannon, an anchor, a trident, a drum, a figurehead and numerous pikes and swords, two black bands to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31783
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1824-1836 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 22.3
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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