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Tureen, cream
Cream tureen, soft-paste porcelain, greenish paste with creamy brown translucency, wide spreading foot ring, oval body shaped into four lobes and with rounded sides, two short scroll handles; each side painted with an oval titled view in polychrome: 'Hafod', featuring Dologau bridge over the River Ystwyth running between wooded hills, and 'Hafod', featuring the River Ystwyth looking south from the site of the old Alpine Bridge towards Hafod Gardens, both framed with a blue line edged with gold and gilded sprays, the rim with gilded pendant leaves below a blue border with gilded dentil edge, gilded bands round the waist and foot, gilding on the handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37277
Creation/Production
Duesbury, William & Co, Derby
Boreman, Zachariah
Jones, Thomas
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of Friends of NMW, 24/6/2004
Purchased with the assistance of a bequest made by Jennifer Davies through the Friends of the National Museums & Galleries of Wales, 2004
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.5
Width
(cm): 18.4
Depth
(cm): 11.4
Height
(in): 3
Width
(in): 7
Depth
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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