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Plate, buff coloured earthenware, circular shape with inset base, curving sides and spreading rim, a very slightly beaded edge to the outer rim; covered all over with a white tin-glaze, this then painted in blue with to the centre of the well within a circular central reserve the inscription "Katherine Richards / 1742" with small scrolling motifs above and below it, this central reserve surrounded by a chinoiserie-style border which spreads up the sides of the well and onto the rim, of a stylised pagoda-like building and spreading sprays of flowers and foliage with a fence-like design to one side, a brown edge to the outer rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34774
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1742 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 31/12/1974
Given by Miss Walters-Rees
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 22.2
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
in-glaze colours
decoration
Applied Art
tin-glazed
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware
Location
In store
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