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Egg-cup stand
Baker, Bevans and Irwin, Glamorgan Pottery (1813-1839)
Egg cup stand, earthenware, standing on a pedestal with spreading foot, the upper section in the form of a flat lobed hexagon curving upwards at the rim, and with six pierced circular holes for eggs; transfer-printed in blue with to the top of the upper section the 'Two Temples' pattern, a large pagoda in the foreground surrounded by oriental trees and with two figures on a bridge over a river to one side of it, in the background further oriental buildings and trees on islands in an expanse of water, border to the interior and exterior lip-rim and foot-rim of stylized moths, Greek key shapes and elaborate scrolls enclosing scale and lattice patterns.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31863
Creation/Production
Baker, Bevans and Irwin, Glamorgan Pottery
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 10.1
diam
(cm): 16.4
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
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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