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Plate, miniature
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery (1811 - 1817 and 1824 - 1850)
Miniature plate, earthenware, circular shape, standing on a rounded foot-rim with cushion-moulded sides and spreading rim, the rim lobed; transfer-printed in purple with to the centre of the well the 'Amoy' pattern, a small chinoiserie-style landscape with figures taking tea in the foreground, behind them are trees and a pagoda-like building, to one side of the scene across an expanse of water are buildings on islands, border to the sides of the well of garlands of foliage interspersed with flower heads.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31709
Creation/Production
Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Pottery
Date: 1824-1850
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 1.7
diam
(cm): 10.3
Height
(in): 11
diam
(in): 4
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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