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Lithophane
Porcelain plaque or'lithophane', the porcelain body of a grey-white hue unlit, of creamy yellows and greys when lit; of rectangular form, very thinly cut; the design, in intaglio, depicting through areas of light and shade, when back lit; a pendulate bunch of grapes, two vine leaves above, a vine with twisting tendrils snaking around and behind the bunch of grapes, re-emerging with one further vine leaf below; the vine extending below this leaf and ending in an ornate spiral.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32036
Creation/Production
South Wales Pottery
Date: 1850 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 1/12/1921
Given by W.H. Renwick
Measurements
Height
(cm): 25.4
diam
(cm): 20.9
Height
(in): 10
diam
(in): 8
Techniques
intaglio
forming
Applied Art
Material
porcelain
Location
In store
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