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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Jug, earthenware, octagonal inset base, octagonal pear-shaped body, raised beak spout with foliate moulding to its base, squared-shouldered wish-bone handle with three-lobed lower terminal; transfer-printed in flow blue with to the sides of the body the 'Whampoa' pattern, a chinoiserie-style scene showing in the foreground a number of elaborate pagodas linked by bridges and fences with a spreading willow-like tree hanging over them, in the background further pagodas on islands in an expanse of water, border to the interior and exterior lip-rim and spout of flower heads, foliage and scrolls on a scale blue ground, a scale blue border to the handle.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34699
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1836-1850
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.6
diam
(cm): 14
Width
(cm): 16
Height
(in): 7
diam
(in): 5
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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