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Morris, Henry (Henry Morris, 1799-1880, at Swansea 1814-1826)
Circular, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain plate, press moulded, painted in polychrome enamels. Cruciform moulded, indented edge with a beaded border; rim of plate painted four green urns each containing richly painted flowers and set within a complex pattern of gilt scrolls, husks, and anthemions. Well of plate painted with a shield of arms of Graham-Clarke impaling Parkinson over a pink edged scroll inscribed with the motto FRANGAS NON FLECTES.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30979
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Morris, Henry
Date: 1816-1817
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/4/1988
Measurements
diam
(cm): 21.6
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(in): 8
Height
(in): 1
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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