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Plate, miniature
Chambers, William South Wales Pottery (1839 - 1855)
Plate, earthenware, twelve-sided shape with rounded foot-rim, cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, the outer rim slightly raised; transfer-printed in brown with to the centre of the well a tavern-like scene showing a group of five men, three seated and two atanding, in a room with stools, tables, and a fireplace in the background, around the sides of the well the inscription "Dost thou love life? then do not squander time. for that is the stuff life is made of. / The sleeping fox catches no poultry - there will be sleeping enough in the grave.", a black band to the outer rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32010
Creation/Production
Chambers, William South Wales Pottery
Date: 1840-1855 ca
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.6
diam
(cm): 13.1
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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