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Dish, dessert
Dessert dish, soft-paste 'duck egg' porcelain; standing on a rectangular shaped foot rim curving into rounded sides with an everted, shaped lip, each edge consisting of two concave curves, and indented corners; twig handles with raised foliate terminals; painted with a Japan pattern of red and pink flowers in the centre among green, red, and underglaze blue foliage, within a thin underglaze blue rectangular line; an arabesque shaped border of rich underglaze blue inset with red shaped medallions; gilt band to the lip and gilt detail to the handles.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31215
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Bequest, 1929
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height (cm): 5.4
(): l(cm) handle to handle:28.5
(): l(cm)
Width (cm): 17.6
Height (in): 2
(): l(in) handle to handle:11 1/4
(): l(in)
Width (in): 7
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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